Patient Characteristics
Over the study period, a total of 4805 patients had treatment for
triple-vessel coronary artery disease at our institution. Of these, 826
patients (17.2%) were excluded from analysis, for reasons as previously
stated. Of the remaining 3979 patients with ‘stable’ TVD, 100
individuals (2.5%) underwent HCR, 1258 (31.6%) had classic CABG via
sternotomy, whereas the remaining 2621 patients (65.9%) had
multi-vessel PCI. Our final study population comprised the 100 patients
who underwent HCR, propensity-matched with 100 patients each who
underwent CABG or multi-vessel PCI for triple-vessel disease (Figure 1).
Patient demographics are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.
The baseline SYNTAX score was significantly higher in the CABG cohort
than in the HCR group (32.2 ± 7.9 vs. 28.9 ± 10.6, respectively,p = 0.018), and, similarly, it was higher in the HCR patients
than in those who underwent PCI only (28.9 ± 10.6 vs. 22.1 ± 7.6,p < 0.01).