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Figure 1 A total of 7,159 diabetic patients underwent coronary revascularization procedures between January 1, 1992 and December 31, 1996. Patients were excluded if they: were 80 years of age, had less than two-vessel disease, had undergone prior PCI or CABG, had left main disease (50% stenosis), had emergency procedures or had experienced an acute MI within 24 h before the procedure. The final study population consisted of 2,766 patients with diabetes and MVD and clinical indications for revascularization. Percutaneous intervention was performed on 736 of these patients, and 2,030 patients underwent CABG procedures. CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; MI = myocardial infarction; MVD = multivesssel coronary artery disease; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.