What are the long-term survival benefits of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients with coronary artery disease?
According to a study published in the journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery in 1996, long-term survival benefits of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in patients with coronary artery disease were observed. The study followed up on patients for 12 years and found that coronary artery bypass grafting had a better survival rate compared to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. A more recent study published in 2006 by Smith et al. concluded that selection of surgical or percutaneous coronary intervention provided differential longevity benefit.