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Percutaneous Intervention Before Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Does Not Unfavorably Impact Survival: A Single-Center Propensity-Matched Analysis

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003497516309456

Author(s)

Suvitesh Luthra, Miguel M. Leiva Juárez, Eshan Senanayake, Heyman Luckraz, John S. Billing, James Cotton, Michael S. Norell

In this retrospective study of propensity-matched patients undergoing CABG, the authors queried whether prior PCI adversely affected outcomes. 9% of over 4500 pts undergoing first time CABG had prior PCI. There was no difference between the groups with regard to hospital mortality or 10-year survival.