Strategies for Multivessel Revascularization in Patients with Diabetes

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Authors

Michael E. Farkouh · University of Toronto

Michaël Domanski · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lynn A. Sleeper · New England Research Institutes

Flora S. Siami · New England Research Institutes

George Dangas · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Michael J. Mack · Baylor University Medical Center

May Yang

Abstract

For patients with diabetes and advanced coronary artery disease, CABG was superior to PCI in that it significantly reduced rates of death and myocardial infarction, with a higher rate of stroke. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others; FREEDOM ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00086450.).

Topics & Keywords

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Peripheral Artery Disease Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 367, Issue 25, pp. 2375-2384

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1211585

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