Meta-analysis of three randomized trials and nine observational studies comparing drug-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2013
CRD SUMMARY: Percutaneous coronary interventions using drug-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease produced favourable outcomes for composite mortality, mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke and significantly higher risk of target vessel revascularisation. The reliability of the conclusions was unclear due to limited evidence from randomised studies and a lack of significance for several outcomes.
Epistemonikos ID: 4ab959768760760ee2f2bb79d075fdc0d1ca6b17
First added on: Apr 11, 2013