Randomised Intervention Treatment of Angina (RITA) data support coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) at one year
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for symptomatic multivessel coronary disease require significantly more reinterventions and are more likely to suffer angina than those undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). These are among the findings of the first-year results of CABRI, the Coronary Angioplasty versus Bypass Revascularisation Investigation (see Clinica No 569, p 17).