Survival curves were compared using the log-rank test. Although stenting appears to be the less costly alternative, the savings associated with CSI reported in this study reflect only 1 year of follow-up. If the difference in the incidence of repeat revascularization procedures in the 2 groups were to persist beyond 1 year of follow-up, direct cost savings associated with CSI would diminish further. Technology in this field is changing rapidly. Patients opting to undergo CSI, however, are over 5 times more likely than CABG patients to require a repeat revascularization procedure within 1 year.
Surgery remains superior in providing symptom relief from angina.
The updates are written by members of the division. A comparison of coronary-artery stenting with angioplasty for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.