Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects a large proportion of the general population, with
an age-adjusted prevalence of approximately 12% and a prevalence of intermittent …

OBJECTIVES.: This study sought to evaluate, in a prospective and randomized trial, the
relative efficacies of three possible therapeutic strategies for patients with a single severe …

A patient with severe angina will often be eligible for either angioplasty (PTCA) or bypass
surgery (CABG). Results from eight published randomised trials have been combined in a …

Background Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is increasingly common in patients of
age≥ 80 years. Single-institution reviews have cited a wide range of mortality results after …

Abstract The Coronary Angioplasty versus Bypass Revascularisation Investigation (CABRI)
is a multinational, multicentre randomised trial comparing the strategies of revascularisation …

BACKGROUND.: Controversy exists concerning the best management for patients with
concurrent severe carotid and coronary artery disease. METHODS.: The records of 200 …

We performed a meta-analysis of randomized trials that compared percutaneous
transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery …

Background Directional atherectomy is a frequently used percutaneous revascularization
strategy, but its long-term outcomes have not previously been compared with those of …

Over the past two decades there has been considerable refinement in randomized
cardiovascular clinical trials. The common aim of randomized clinical trials of myocardial …

Background Although several studies have established that the complications of
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) are related to clinical and …