Long-term effects of percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery surgery in elderly with multi-vessel coronary artery disease
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Amr Kamal; Abdel Megeid Kandil; Mohamed Sadaka; Basem Ramadan
- Source
- The Egyptian Heart Journal, Vol 74, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
- Subject
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery bypass
Stroke
Heart failure
Angiography
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-911X
Abstract Background The most prevalent illness among the elderly is coronary artery disease (CAD), and most of this population present with multi-vessel CAD which constitutes a common management difficulty among elderly people. This study aimed to compare long-term consequences of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) revascularization in elderly patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Results This retrospective study evaluated 100 elderly patients with multi-vessel CAD divided into two groups, group 1 the PCI group and group 2 the CABG group. The main findings of the study showed that CABG group had a longer hospital stay than the PCI group (8.16 vs. 2.02 days; P