Is incomplete revascularization during PCI and stenting associated with adverse long-term outcomes?
Charanjit S Rihal* and Bernard J Gersh
Correspondence *Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Email rihal@mayo.edu
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Coronary revascularization is performed to improve symptoms and prognosis in selected patients at high risk of death.1 In the case of CABG surgery, long-term outcomes are improved following CR, irrespective of whether each lesion has the potential to cause ischemia.2 Nonetheless, the clinical impact of this statistically significant benefit with CR is uncertain. Here Hannan et al. describe the outcomes of almost 22,000 patients with multivessel CAD undergoing PCI with bare-metal stents, stratified by completeness of revascularization.3 Unfortunately no information is available on secondary prevention efforts in the study.
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