Jahangiri Marjan, Mani Krishna, Yates Martin T, Nowell Justin
Department of Cardiac Surgery, St. George's Hospital London, UK.
Eur Cardiol. 2020 Nov 9;15:e67. doi: 10.15420/ecr.2020.34. eCollection 2020 Feb.
There have been several investigations comparing the efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery for treatment of left main stem disease. This includes the Evaluation of XIENCE versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularizaton (EXCEL) trial, which has garnered significant controversy surrounding its experimental design and reporting of its results. The authors review the methodology, results, caveats and statements on the EXCEL trial. They also review the other trials in the management of left main stem disease comparing percutaneous coronary intervention with coronary artery bypass grafting, as well as the SYNTAX score and its role in future guidelines for revascularisation. These findings have significant implications for current practice, influencing the growing role for multidisciplinary team meeting and allowing clinicians and patients to make the right choice.
已有多项研究比较经皮冠状动脉介入治疗与冠状动脉旁路移植术治疗左主干疾病的疗效。这包括“XIENCE与冠状动脉旁路移植术治疗左主干血运重建有效性的评估”(EXCEL)试验,该试验在其实验设计和结果报告方面引发了重大争议。作者回顾了EXCEL试验的方法、结果、注意事项和声明。他们还回顾了其他比较经皮冠状动脉介入治疗与冠状动脉旁路移植术治疗左主干疾病的试验,以及SYNTAX评分及其在未来血运重建指南中的作用。这些发现对当前的临床实践具有重要意义,影响着多学科团队会议日益重要的作用,并使临床医生和患者能够做出正确的选择。