What is a Heart Team approach to revascularization decisions?
A Heart Team approach to revascularization is a multi-disciplinary approach that involves an interventional cardiologist and a cardiac surgeon. The team reviews the patient's medical condition and coronary anatomy, determines if PCI and/or CABG are feasible and reasonable, and discusses revascularization options with the patient before a treatment strategy is selected. Support for using a Heart Team approach comes from reports that patients with complex CAD referred specifically for PCI or CABG in concurrent trial registries have lower mortality rates than those randomly assigned to PCI or CABG in controlled trials.