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Durability of Open Heart Surgery Offers Younger Patients Superior Long-Term Results

This press conference took place on January 30, 2018, at the STS 54th Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, contact [email protected]. Younger patients with severe coronary artery disease may experience better long-term outcomes when they are treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) instead of more popular and less invasive stenting procedures, according to a scientific presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. “This trial is unique in that we have studied young patients whose long-term outcomes are especially important to ascertain,” said senior author Wael Awad, MD, of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom. “An increasing number of these patients with coronary artery disease are being offered stents primarily. This study shows that they may be better off with CABG.” Dr. Awad and colleagues examined data from 100 patients who received stents (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI]) and 100 patients who underwent CABG. All patients were younger than age 50. The operations were performed between January 2004 and December 2004 at the London Chest Hospital, and then followed at intervals of 5 and 12 years. Follow-up information was collected from clinical notes and telephone surveys with patients or their general practitioners in December 2009 and again in December 2016. To read the full release, visit sts.org/media.