TY - JOUR T1 - Stents had similar clinical outcomes but more repeated revascularisation than did bypass surgery in multivessel disease JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 174 LP - 174 DO - 10.1136/ebm.6.6.174 VL - 6 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/11/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/6/6/174.abstract N2 - (2001) N Engl J Med 344, 1117. Serruys PW, Unger F, Sousa JE, et al,. for the Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study Group.. Comparison of coronary-artery bypass surgery and stenting for the treatment of multivessel disease.. Apr 12;. :. –24.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTION: In patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, how effective and cost effective is coronary stenting compared with bypass surgery for reducing clinical outcomes at 1 year? Randomised (allocation concealed*), unblinded,* controlled trial with 12 months of follow up (Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study [ARTS]). 67 centres in 19 countries. 1205 patients (mean age 61 y, 77% men) with angina pectoris or silent ischaemia plus ≥ 2 lesions in different vessels or territories that were amenable to stenting. Exclusion criteria included previous bypass surgery, ejection fraction ≤ 30%, congestive heart failure, history of stroke, and recent transmural myocardial infarction (MI). 99% of patients in the stent group and 96% in the bypass surgery group received their allocated treatment. 600 patients were allocated to stenting … ER -