Physiology-guided PCI versus CABG for left main coronary artery disease: insights from the DEFINE-LM registry
Warisawa T, Cook C, Kawase Y, Howard J, Ahmad Y, Seligman H, Rajkumar C, Toya T, Doi S, Nakajima A, Tanigaki T, Omori H, Nakayama M, Vera-Urquiza R, Yuasa S, Sato T, Kikuta Y, Nishina H, Al-Lamee R, Sen S, Lerman A, Akashi Y, Escaned J, Matsuo H, Davies J. Physiology-guided PCI versus CABG for left main coronary artery disease: insights from the DEFINE-LM registry. Cardiovascular Intervention And Therapeutics 2023, 38: 287-298. PMID: 37017899, PMCID: PMC10247826, DOI: 10.1007/s12928-023-00932-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnprotected left main coronary diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionInstantaneous wave-free ratioMain coronary artery diseaseNon-fatal myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypassCoronary artery diseasePrimary endpointCause deathLesion revascularizationArtery bypassSYNTAX scoreCoronary interventionArtery diseaseClinical outcomesMyocardial infarctionIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationLeft main coronary artery diseaseArt percutaneous coronary interventionLeft main coronary diseaseLower cardiovascular event ratesMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsLong-term clinical outcomesPropensity scorePhysiology-guided percutaneous coronary intervention