Design of the Future REvascularization Evaluation in patients with Diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of Multivessel disease (FREEDOM) Trial

ME Farkouh, G Dangas, MB Leon, C Smith… - American heart …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Some prior randomized trials suggested that revascularization of diabetic
patients by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) produced results superior to balloon …

Long-term survival following multivessel revascularization in patients with diabetes: the FREEDOM follow-on study

ME Farkouh, M Domanski, GD Dangas… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Abstract Background: The FREEDOM (Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients with
Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease) trial demonstrated that for …

Randomized comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention with coronary artery bypass grafting in diabetic patients: 1-year results of the CARDia (Coronary …

A Kapur, RJ Hall, IS Malik, AC Qureshi, J Butts… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting against coronary artery bypass …

Revascularization for coronary artery disease in diabetes mellitus: angioplasty, stents and coronary artery bypass grafting

D Aronson, ER Edelman - Reviews in endocrine and metabolic disorders, 2010 - Springer
Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are prone to a diffuse and rapidly progressive form of
atherosclerosis, which increases their likelihood of requiring revascularization. However, the …

The Future REvascularization Evaluation in patients with Diabetes mellitus: optimal management of Multivessel disease (FREEDOM) trial: clinical and angiographic …

S Bansilal, ME Farkouh, W Hueb, M Ogdie… - American heart …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The optimal revascularization strategy for diabetic patients with multivessel
coronary artery disease (MVD) remains uncertain for lack of an adequately powered …

Strategies for multivessel revascularization in patients with diabetes

ME Farkouh, M Domanski, LA Sleeper… - New England journal …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In some randomized trials comparing revascularization strategies for patients
with diabetes, coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has had a better outcome than …

PCI versus CABG for multivessel coronary disease in diabetics

G Tarantini, A Ramondo, M Napodano… - Catheterization and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To explore the clinical performance of a strategy of revascularization by
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug‐eluting stent (DES) in diabetic patients …

The Coronary ArteryRevascularisation in Diabetes (CARDia) trial: Background, aims, and design

A Kapur, IS Malik, JP Bagger, JR Anderson… - American heart …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of
ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary …

Diabetes and coronary revascularization

JD Flaherty, CJ Davidson - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextPatients with diabetes mellitus account for approximately 25% of the nearly 1.5
million coronary revascularization procedures performed each year in the United States and …

Multivessel coronary revascularization in patients with and without diabetes mellitus: 3-year follow-up of the ARTS-II (Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study–Part …

J Daemen, KH Kuck, C Macaya, V LeGrand… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the 3-year outcome of coronary artery
bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using sirolimus …