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Survival Prediction Models for Coronary Intervention: Strategic Decision Support

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(13)01446-X/abstract

Author(s)

Sajjad Raza, Joseph F. Sabik, Stephen G. Ellis, Penny L. Houghtaling, Kerry C. Rodgers, Aleck Stockins, Bruce W. Lytle, Eugene H. Blackstone

Because the optimal management of CAD is unclear for many patients, the authors developed a decision support model for CABG and PCI with bare metal or drug eluting stents. Overall survival rates were similar for the different interventions. For PCI with drug eluting stents, optimal outcomes were observed for pts undergoing emergency revascularization for acute MI. Optimal outcomes for CABG were observed in pts with multivessel disease and with many comorbidities.