ABBREVIATIONS
ACCF = American College of Cardiology Foundation
AHA = American Heart Association
BMI = body mass index
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting
CHF = congestive heart failure
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DES = drug-eluting stent
ESRD = end-stage (dialysis-dependent) renal disease
FREEDOM = Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients with Diabetes
Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease
HCR = hybrid coronary revascularization
IQR = interquartile range
ISR = in-stent restenosis
LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery
LIMA = left internal mammary artery
LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction
MACE = major adverse cardiovascular events
MI = myocardial infarction
MIDCAB = minimally-invasive direct coronary artery bypass
n/a = not applicable
NYHA = New York Heart Association
PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention
RCA = right coronary artery
SYNTAX = SYNergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXus
and cardiac surgery
SD = standard deviation
SEM = standard error of the mean
TVD = triple-vessel (coronary artery) disease