A subset of patients with diabetes and 3VD was examined in a 2nd paper in 2010.The purpose of this study from Washington State was to examine the application of revascularization strategy in this high-risk patient population of patients with diabestes and multi-vessel coronary artery disease. Specifically, it was sought to determine: the revascularization strategies employed in diabetic patients with MVD …
CTCA for screening of acute chest pain syndrome (ACPS)
The accuracy of 64-slice computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) and its ability to direct revascularization in patients with acute chest pain syndrome (ACPS) was investigated in an article published in The American Journal of Cardiology on 08/09/2010.
Treatment of 3VD with/without Diabetes in Washington State
A paper from Washington State examines the treatment of patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease. A second paper, like the BARI-2D study and a much earlier published paper, focuses on patients with diabetes and 3VD. The short as well as long term benefits of CABG for these type of patients have been described in the SYNTAX trial as well as …