The long-term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared to coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG) for unprotected left main coronary artery disease (ULMCAD)
remains to be investigated. We identified 1,005 patients with ULMCAD of 15,939 patients
with first coronary revascularization enrolled in the CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry
Cohort-2. Cumulative 3-year incidence of a composite of death/myocardial infarction
(MI)/stroke was significantly higher in the PCI group than in the CABG group (22.7%
vs 14.8%, p = 0.0006, log-rank test). However, the adjusted outcome was not different
between the PCI and CABG groups (hazard ratio [HR] 1.30, 95% confidence interval [CI]
0.79 to 2.15, p = 0.30). Stratified analysis using the SYNTAX score demonstrated that
risk for a composite of death/MI/stroke was not different between the 2 treatment
groups in patients with low (<23) and intermediate (23 to 33) SYNTAX scores (adjusted
HR 1.70, 95% CI 0.77 to 3.76, p = 0.19; adjusted HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.37 to 1.99, p =
0.72, respectively), whereas in patients with a high SYNTAX score (≥33), it was significantly
higher after PCI than after CABG (adjusted HR 2.61, 95% CI 1.32 to 5.16, p = 0.006).
In conclusion, risk of PCI for serious adverse events seemed to be comparable to that
after CABG in patients with ULMCAD with a low or intermediate SYNTAX score, whereas
PCI compared with CABG was associated with a higher risk for serious adverse events
in patients with a high SYNTAX score.
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Publication history
Published online: June 21, 2012
Accepted:
May 23,
2012
Received in revised form:
May 23,
2012
Received:
March 14,
2012
Footnotes
This study was supported by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan.
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