Ten-year all-cause death after percutaneous or surgical revascularization in diabetic patients with complex coronary artery disease

Eur Heart JPublished Secondary analysis of the SYNTAX randomised trial

Primary result · All-cause death in diabeticsResult — go to the resultDifference 1.9% 95% CI −7.6% to 11.1%

Authors' conclusion

The treatment effects of PCI vs. CABG on all-cause death at 10 years in patients with 3VD and/or LMCAD were similar irrespective of the presence of diabetes.

Study context

Population
Patients with three-vessel disease and/or left main CAD, with or without diabetes452 diabetics
Participants
1,800 patients
Comparison
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), by diabetic status
Primary endpoint
All-cause death
Follow-up
10 years
Methodological details10-year extended follow-up (SYNTAXES)
  • 10-year extended follow-up (SYNTAXES)

Primary result

All-cause death in diabetics

Difference

1.9%

95% CI −7.6% to 11.1%

P = 0.551

By group

PCI vs CABG
difference 1.9% (95% CI −7.6% to 11.1%); P = 0.551

As reported in the abstract

Further findings

OutcomePCICABGHR (95% CI)P value
All-cause death in diabetics · 5 years19.6%13.3%1.53 (0.96–2.43)P = 0.075
All-cause death in diabetics · between 5 and 10 years20.8%24.4%0.82 (0.52–1.27)P = 0.366
OutcomePCICABGDifference (95% CI)P value
All-cause death in insulin-treated patients (subgroup, n = 182) · 10 years47.9%39.6%8.2% (−6.5% to 22.5%)P = 0.227

Original publication

Ten-year all-cause death after percutaneous or surgical revascularization in diabetic patients with complex coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J. Published 18 August 2021. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehab441

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it

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