2014
Long-Term Outcome of PCI Versus CABG in Insulin and Non–Insulin-Treated Diabetic Patients Results From the FREEDOM Trial
Dangas GD, Farkouh ME, Sleeper LA, Yang M, Schoos MM, Macaya C, Abizaid A, Buller CE, Devlin G, Rodriguez AE, Lansky AJ, Siami FS, Domanski M, Fuster V, Investigators F. Long-Term Outcome of PCI Versus CABG in Insulin and Non–Insulin-Treated Diabetic Patients Results From the FREEDOM Trial. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2014, 64: 1189-1197. PMID: 25236509, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryInsulin-treated diabetes mellitusPercutaneous coronary interventionDrug-eluting stentsDeath/stroke/myocardial infarctionStroke/myocardial infarctionNon-ITDM patientsFREEDOM trialMyocardial infarctionClinical outcomesUnderwent coronary artery bypass graft surgeryMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsMultivessel coronary artery diseaseArtery bypass graft surgeryLong-term clinical outcomesEvent ratesCoronary lesion complexityDiabetes mellitus statusIndex revascularization procedureAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryPrimary composite endpointCoronary artery diseaseBetter clinical outcomesDiabetic patients results
2012
The Future REvascularization Evaluation in patients with Diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of Multivessel disease (FREEDOM) trial: Clinical and angiographic profile at study entry
Bansilal S, Farkouh ME, Hueb W, Ogdie M, Dangas G, Lansky AJ, Cohen DJ, Magnuson EA, Ramanathan K, Tanguay JF, Muratov V, Sleeper LA, Domanski M, Bertrand ME, Fuster V. The Future REvascularization Evaluation in patients with Diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of Multivessel disease (FREEDOM) trial: Clinical and angiographic profile at study entry. American Heart Journal 2012, 164: 591-599. PMID: 23067919, PMCID: PMC4536808, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivessel coronary artery diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionDiabetic patientsFREEDOM trialBaseline characteristicsContemporary coronary artery bypassFuture Revascularization EvaluationMean hemoglobin A1cMean SYNTAX scoreMultivessel Disease (FREEDOM) trialOptimal medical therapyOptimal revascularization strategyCoronary artery bypassRisk factor controlMedian diabetes durationPrior myocardial infarctionSystolic blood pressureCoronary artery diseaseDrug-eluting stentsLow-density lipoproteinAngiographic profileVascular medicationsArtery bypassDiabetes durationSYNTAX score