What are the long-term outcomes of coronary-artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention for multivessel coronary artery disease in the bare-metal stent era?
A systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in 2008 by McKellar et al. found that octogenarians who underwent coronary-artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) had a significantly higher long-term survival rate compared to those who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Kimura et al. conducted a study in 2008 which found that CABG was associated with higher long-term survival rates compared to PCI in the bare-metal stent era. In addition, Dacey et al. (2007) found that octogenarians with multivessel coronary artery disease had higher long-term survival rates after undergoing CABG compared to PCI.