
Key Takeaways
- This meta-analysis evaluated 6 randomized controlled trials to determine outcome differences between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) among patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease ([ULMCAD] n = 4686).
- Compared with CABG, PCI correlated with significantly lower rates of 30-day stroke (P = 0.007), death or MI (P = 0.04), or all-cause death, MI, or stroke (P = 0.01).
- In the PCI group, there was a significantly lower rate of 30-day stroke incidence (P = 0.007) and all-cause death, MI, or stroke (P = 0.01).
- The authors found no significant difference in outcomes at long-term follow-up (median 39 months) between the two groups.