Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Aug 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialPatient preferences for coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous intervention in multivessel coronary artery disease.
Determine if patients prefer multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (mv-PCI) over coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) for treatment of symptomatic multivessel coronary artery disease (mv-CAD) despite high 1-year risk. ⋯ Patients favor mv-PCI over CABG to treat mv-CAD, even if 1-year risks of death and repeat procedures far exceed risk with CABG. Physicians are more influenced by actual risk and prefer mv-PCI less than patients despite similarly quoted 1-year risks.