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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2001; 38:1440-1449
© 2001 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Survival following coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery in anatomic subsets in which coronary artery bypass surgery improves survival compared with medical therapy

Results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)

Peter B. Berger, MD, FACC*,*, James L. Velianou, MD*, Helen Aslanidou Vlachos, MSc{dagger}, Frederick Feit, MD, FACC{ddagger}, Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FACC§, David P. Faxon, MD, FACC||, Michael Attubato, MD, FACC{ddagger}, Norma Keller, MD, FACC{ddagger}, Michael L. Stadius, MD, FACC, Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, FACC#, David O. Williams, MD, FACC**, Katherine M. Detre, MD, DrPH{dagger} on behalf of the BARI Investigators

* Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
{dagger} University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
{ddagger} NYU Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
§ Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|| University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
# University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
** Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA



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Figure 1 Survival curves of patients with three-vessel disease in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

 


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Figure 2 Survival curves of patients with three-vessel disease and reduced ventricular function undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation.

 


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Figure 3 Survival curves of nondiabetic patients with three-vessel disease reveal no difference in survival between the percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) groups at seven years.

 


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Figure 4 Survival of non-diabetic patients with three-vessel disease and reduced ventricular function. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

 


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Figure 5 Survival of all patients with two-vessel disease including the proximal left anterior descending artery. Abbreviations as in Figure 4.

 


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Figure 6 Survival of all patients with two-vessel disease including the proximal left anterior descending artery and reduced ventricular function. Abbreviations as in Figure 4.

 


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Figure 7 Survival of non-diabetic patients with two-vessel disease including the proximal left anterior descending artery. Abbreviations as in Figure 4.

 


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Figure 8 Survival of non-diabetic patients with two-vessel disease including the proximal left anterior descending artery and reduced ventricular function. Abbreviations as in Figure 4.

 




 
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