Myocardial Revascularization: Which Way to Go?

摘要

At the end of August this year the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), working with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), issued a 55-page set of guidelines on myocardial revascularization (http://www.escardio.org). The recommendations cover diagnosis and classification and not just which technique to use, though there is plenty of material on that much-discussed topic. Simple medical therapy apart, there are two choices of intervention: surgery in the form of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) and the less-invasive percutaneous procedures (PCI), these days usually stenting of various types.