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