ESC Guidelines of Myocardial Revascularization ... - cardioegypt2011

Evidence Bases For Method of Revasularizationin Stable CAD• Last week in Lisbon, Portugal 4-year data from theSYNTAX trial show that mortality is significantly higher inthe PCI Vs CABG, as was MI, and the excess rate ofstrokes initially observed in the CABG arm has now leveledout• But the surrogate safety end point of death/stroke/MI is notsignificantly different between the two arms of the studyR&M Solutions• Reported Dr Patrick Serruys in EACTS 2011 AnnualMeeting last weekwww.rmsolutions.net