What are the long-term mortality outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease?
A 2008 study by Park et al. found that long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation was similar to that of coronary artery bypass graft surgery for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. The study followed up with 8,272 patients who had either undergone percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease, and found no significant differences in long-term mortality after a mean follow-up period of 4.7 years.