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Evidence basis fordecision- making
betweencoronary artery bypass graing
and percutaneous coronaryintervention
Present and future perspectives
Vasim Farooq, John D. Puskas, Patrick W. Serruys, and David P. Taggart
‘Choosing to make selective choices among competing evidence, so as to emphasize those results that support a given position, while ignoring or dismissing any ndings that do not support
it, is a practice known as “cherry picking” and is a hallmark of poor science or pseudo- science.’
Richard Somerville, American Climate Scientist, Testimony before the US House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 8 March 2011.
Introduction
Historically, the 15 randomized clinical trials comparing coronary
artery bypass gra (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) for intervention in coronary artery disease
(CAD) have been criticized for profound selection bias (‘cherrypicking’ of patients).– e stringent clinical and angiographicbased inclusion criteria led to only 2– 12% of all screened patients
actually being randomized in these trials, resulting in recruitment of
mainly low risk subjects with predominant one- or two- vessel disease (and a low incidence of three- vessel disease (3VD)), preserved
le ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and a low incidence of diabetes., is highly selective selection practice echoes that of a review of 31 antidepressant ecacy trials in 2002, demonstrating that
despite the large number of trials and participants, only a minority
of patients treated for depression in routine clinical were eligible for
inclusion because of a large number of exclusion criteria.,
Consequently, applying these trial ndings (or meta- analyses,
particularly those that mix historical with contemporary data– )
to real- world contemporary clinical practice eectively generalizes
therapeutic choices to the larger population who were eectively
excluded from the trials. erefore, this risks erroneous assignment of many patients to therapies that are actually suboptimal.
Aparticularly pertinent example is a meta- analysis of the historical
trials of CABG versus PCI that reported CABG to have a mortality benet in older rather than younger subjects; ndings that
were subsequently directly contradicted by the Synergy between
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac
Surgery (SYNTAX) trial where the opposite was shown.,
SYNTAX, FREEDOM, andBEST
e SYNTAX trial was designed to overcome the historical limitations of prior trial data comparing CABG with PCI, by incorporating
an ‘all- comers’ design if the Heart Team determined ‘equivalent anatomical revascularization’ could be achieved between CABG and
PCI (using the rst- generation drug- eluting stent (DES)), with accompanying parallel nested CABG and PCI registries for patients
deemed ineligible for randomization.– Overall, the 5- year outcomes of SYNTAX reported that major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) occurred in 26.9% of CABG and 37.3%
of PCI patients (P <0.0001). Myocardial infarction (3.8% in CABG
vs 9.7% in PCI; P <0.0001) and repeat revascularization (13.7% in
CABG vs 25.9% in PCI; P <0.0001) were signicantly increased with
PCI compared to CABG. However, all- cause mortality and stroke
did not dier signicantly between CABG and PCI (11.4% in CABG
vs 13.9% in PCI, P=0.10; and 3.7% vs 2.4%, P=0.09, respectively).
e relative benets of CABG and PCI varied according to the
anatomical SYNTAX score tertiles (low 0– 22, intermediate 23– 32,
high ≥33) that indicated the severity of CAD. Overall, MACCE occurred in 28.6% of CABG and 32.1% of PCI patients with a low (<23)

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SYNTAX score (P=0.43). With le main coronary disease MACCE
occurred in 31.0% of CABG and 36.9% of PCI patients (P=0.12).
Overall, in patients with intermediate (23– 32) or high (>32) anatomical SYNTAX scores, MACCE was signicantly increased with
PCI (intermediate score:25.8% CABG vs. 36.0% PCI, P =0.008;
high score:26.8% CABG vs 44.0% PCI, P <0.0001) (Fig. 9.1).
P = 0.10
48 60 0122436
761
803
0
903
CABG (n = 897)
PCI (n = 903)
12 24 36
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832
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25
Cumulative event rate (%)
0
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Ten- year follow- up of SYNTAX demonstrated 248/ 903 (28%) patients had died aer PCI and 212/ 897 (24%) aer CABG (hazard
ratio (HR) 1.19 [95% CI 0.99– 1.43], p=0·066). Vital status information at 10years was complete for 841 (93%) patients in the PCI group
and 848 (95%) patients in the CABG group. As in the 5- year analysis,
a signicant survival benet of CABG over PCI emerged in patients
P < 0.0001
13.9%
9.7%
11.4%
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897
903
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792
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0
0
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903
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Repeat revascularization
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842
763
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3.7%
2.4%
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25.9%
13.7%
Death or stroke or myocardial infarction
Months since allocation
897
903
MACCE
787
830 824
776 749
792
P = 0.03
20.8%
16.7%
48 60
717
756
37.3%
26.9%
566
592PCI
0
0
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903
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778
760
Fig.9.1 Five- year results of the SYNTAX trial.
Reproduced from Mohr FW, Morice MC, Kappetein AP, etal. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three- vessel disease
and left main coronary disease:5- year follow- up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial. Lancet. 2013 Feb 23;381(9867):629– 38. doi:10.1016/ S0140- 6736(13)60141- 5 with
permission from Elsevier.
Months since allocation
760
740
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688
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644
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495
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903
751
741 733
Months since allocation
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Primary outcome
Death, myocardial infarction,
Death from any cause (%)
No. at risk
PCI
CABG
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814
758
613
422
221
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947
855
806
655
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Fig.9.2 Five- year results of the FREEDOM trial.
Source data from Farkouh ME, Domanski M, Sleeper LA, etal; FREEDOM Trial Investigators. Strategies for multivessel revascularization in patients with diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2012
Dec 20;367(25):2375– 84. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa1211585.
with 3VD at 10year (28% vs 21%; HR 1.42, 95% CI 1.11– 1.81) but
not in patients with le main CAD (27% vs 28%; HR 0.92, 95% CI
0.69– 1.22), p interaction=0·023.
the cardiac surgeon and the interventional cardiologist agreed
could be oered equivalent anatomical revascularisation, and similarly equally be oered CABG or PCI on the grounds of clinical comorbidity, were eligible for randomisation. As a result patients were
nested in CABG (n- 1077, predominantly for patients where equivalent anatomical revascularisation between CABG and PCI could
not be achieved) and PCI (n=198, predominantly for patients where
the clinical co- morbidity made surgical revascularisation prohibitive) registries. With advances in surgical and percutaneous
revascularisation techniques since SYNTAX, it may be argued that
more patients would have been deemed by the heart team to be suitable for equivalent anatomical revascularisation and hence eligible
for randomisation. As a result fewer patients may have been enrolled
in the nested registries. As to whether this would have impacted the
outcomes of the original SYNTAX Trial is debatable.
with Diabetes Mellitus:Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease
(FREEDOM) trial,, which investigated diabetic patients with
multivessel disease, and the Randomized Comparison of Coronary
Artery Bypass Surgery and Everolimus- Eluting Stent Implantation
in the Treatment of Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery
Disease (BEST) trial, which utilized second- generation DES in
multivessel disease (rather than the rst- generation DES used in
SYNTAX), have largely mirrored the ndings of SYNTAX, conrming that in complex CAD surgical revascularization should be
considered the primary revascularization strategy. In FREEDOM, at
5years, the primary composite endpoint of all- cause mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or non- fatal stroke, occurred in 26.6% of
PCI and 18.7% of CABG patients (P=0.005). e benet of CABG
was due to dierences in rates of both myocardial infarction (13.9%
in PCI vs 6.0% in CABG patients; P <0.001) and all- cause mortality
(16.3% in PCI vs 10.9% in CABG patients; P=0.049). Stroke was
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50
P = 0.005 by log-rank test
5-yr event rate: 26.6% vs 18.7%
40
30
925
PCI
416
CABG
219
or stroke (%)
20
10
0
0
953
1
848
2345
Years since randomization Years since randomization
788
Although SYNTAX was an ‘all- comers’ trial, only patients that
Subsequently, the Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients
Death
60
P = 0.049 by log-rank test
50
5-yr event rate: 16.3% vs 10.9%
40
30
20
No. at risk
PCI
10
0
953
897
845
685
PCI
CABG
466
more frequent in CABG patients, with 5- year rates of 2.4% in the
PCI group and 5.2% in the CABG group (P=0.03) (Fig. 9.2). At
7- years extended follow- up of FREEDOM (for 943 out of 1800 patients), all- cause mortality occurred in 23.7% of PCI and 18.7% of
CABG patients (HR 1.32, 95% CI 0.97– 1.78; P=0.07) (Fig. 9.3).
e BEST trial demonstrated occurrence of the primary endpoint
(composite of death due to myocardial infarction or target- vessel
revascularization at 2years) in 11.0% of PCI patients and 7.9% of
CABG patients (P=0.32 for non- inferiority). At longer- term followup (median, 4.6years), the primary endpoint occurred in 15.3%
of PCI and 10.6% of CABG patients (HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.01– 2.13;
P=0.04) (Fig. 9.4).
90
80
70
60
50
Unadjusted HR (95% Cl): 1.32 (0.97 to 1.78)
40
30
Probability of survival
20
10
0
01
478
P = 0.07 by log-rank test
2 345678
Time From randomization to death, years
PCI CABG
449
429
405
384
358
326
260
Fig.9.3 Seven- year results of the FREEDOM trial.
Reproduced from Farkouh ME, Domanski M, Dangas GD, etal; FREEDOM Follow- On
Study Investigators. Long- Term Survival Following Multivessel Revascularization in
Patients With Diabetes:The FREEDOM Follow- On Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Feb
19;73(6):629– 38. doi:10.1016/ j.jacc.2018.11.001. with permission from Elsevier.

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Cumulative incidence (%)
Fig.9.4 Results of the BEST trial.
Source data from Park SJ, Ahn JM, Kim YH, etal TK; BEST Trial Investigators. Trial of
everolimus- eluting stents or bypass surgery for coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2015
Mar 26;372(13):1204– 12. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa1415447.
Anatomical complexity (SYNTAX
score), clinical factors, and their impact
ondecision- making
Anatomical complexity (SYNTAX score)
Based on the results of SYNTAX, the anatomical SYNTAX Score
(http:// www.syntaxscore.com) has now emerged as a clinical tool to
objectively determine the complexity of CAD, and guide decisionmaking between CABG surgery and PCI. e anatomical SYNTAX
score allows a more objective assessment of the angiographic extent
of CAD, compared to simple ‘eye- balling’, that continues to dominate contemporary clinical practice., e anatomical SYNTAX
score (Fig.9.5a, b) combines a number of factors including the anatomical location of all coronary lesions in vessels 1.5mm in diameter
or greater, their importance in supplying blood to the myocardium
(‘vessel- segment weighting’ based on the Leaman score), the severity of the diseased coronary artery segment (i.e. obstructive or
occlusive), adverse characteristics for revascularization (based on
the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association
lesion classication),, the Medina classication system for bifurcation lesions, and total occlusion characteristics from the
European TOTAL Surveillance Study.
e potential value of the anatomical SYNTAX score in decisionmaking between CABG and PCI in complex CAD was rst recognized in the 5- year follow- up of the Arterial Revascularization
erapies Study (ARTS) II, that demonstrated a signicant separation of clinical outcomes in patients stratied according to anatomical complexity of CAD (tertiles of the anatomical SYNTAX
score).
Following ARTS II, the anatomical SYNTAX score was adopted
in the SYNTAX trial, where it was used as a tool to force the cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists to systematically
analyse the coronary angiogram and to specify the number of
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
01
438
25
P = 0.04 by log-rank test
20
15
10
5
0
Years since randomization
402
362
2
345
305
242
PCI
CABG
17.0%
11.7%
coronary lesions requiring treatment, their angiographic location,
anatomical complexity, and to specify which coronary lesions required revascularization (based on a vessel size of ≥1.5mm), before agreeing that equivalent anatomical revascularization could
be achieved— only then was the patient considered to be suitable
for randomisation in SYNTAX, provided the surgical risk was not
prohibitive.
Based on tertiles of the anatomical SYNTAX score (low 0– 22,
intermediate 23– 32, high ≥33) (Fig. 9.5c), it was demonstrated that
the more complex the coronary anatomy, the greater the potential longer- term prognostic benet of CABG compared to PCI.
ese ndings have since been validated in multiple registries
worldwide.
However, both FREEDOM, and BEST failed to show any
interaction for the SYNTAX tertiles (low 0– 22, intermediate 23–
32, high ≥33) with clinical outcomes. e two most likely reasons
were the exclusion of patients with more complex CAD that meant
these studies were eectively underpowered to examine the eects
of the anatomical SYNTAX score, compounded by the relatively
short follow- up of both studies (minimum follow- up 2 years in
FREEDOM and BEST compared to 5years in SYNTAX) and the
subsequent early termination of BEST due to slow recruitment.,
Ongoing studies are currently using the anatomical SYNTAX
score (and SYNTAX score II (that incorporates clinical factors)) in
unprotected le main CAD– and de novo 3VD.
Clinicalfactors
As was shown with anatomical complexity of CAD in the SYNTAX
trial, the same scenario exists with clinical comorbidity such as diabetes that equates to a potentially greater prognostic benet for
CABG compared to PCI in complex disease, provided the risks of
surgical revascularization are not prohibitive.,
Traditionally, it has been argued that provided stents can treat all
obstructive coronary lesions, then outcomes between CABG and PCI
would be similar, and that improvements in stent technology would
mean that eventually PCI should surpass CABG., However, focusing
on stent technology rather than the atherosclerotic disease process misunderstands the benets of bypass surgery (as explained subsequently).
Clinical consequences ofexcess plaque burden
and/ or clinicalcomorbidity
Based on the results of SYNTAX, FREEDOM, and BEST, it may be
surmised that clinical outcomes in complex CAD are primarily due
to excess plaque burden and progression, and/ or clinical comorbidity,
with the consequent risk of developing future vulnerable plaque(s)
and myocardial infarction., A substudy of the COURAGE,
trial demonstrated that the overall coronary atherosclerotic disease
burden was a more consistent predictor of myocardial infarction and
cardiac death compared to myocardial ischaemia alone. Furthermore,
in a registry of patients with suspected CAD who underwent computed tomography (CT), quantication of atherosclerotic burden
(lesion localization, degree of stenosis, and plaque composition)
demonstrated that patients with non- obstructive CAD with a high
plaque burden had at least a similar long- term prognosis (death or
myocardial infarction) to patients with known obstructive CAD.
Greater anatomical complexity of CAD and/ or clinical comorbidity such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or impaired LVEF
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0
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SYNTAX score
CABG RCT PCI RCTCABG Registry PCI Registry
Fig.9.5 The anatomical SYNTAX score. (a)Coronary tree segments and their importance in supplying blood flow to the left ventricle (vessel segment
weighting- factors— Leaman score
53,54
) based on the presence of a right or left dominant system.28 Amultiplication factor of ×2 is used for non- occlusive
lesions (50– 99% diameter stenosis) and ×5 for occlusive (100% diameter stenosis) lesions. For example, a stenotic proximal LAD lesion (segment
6)would have a weighting factor of 3.5×2 (7 points), and an occlusive proximal LAD lesion a weighting factor of 3.5×5 (17.5 points). (b)Other adverse
lesion characteristics considered in the SYNTAX score have an additive value. (c)Within the SYNTAX trial,16 the distribution of the anatomical SYNTAX
was found to be Gaussian in the randomized PCI and CABG populations with the curves almost being superimposable on each other. When the scores
of the randomized SYNTAX population were divided into tertiles, the upper boundary of the lowest tertile was 22 (low risk), the second tertile ranged
from 23 to 32 (intermediate risk), and the lower boundary for the highest tertile is equal or greater than 33 (high risk). Based on these tertiles, current
European revascularization guidelines76 give patients with 3VD and low SYNTAX scores (0– 22) a level of evidence of IA (evidence and/ or general
agreement that a given treatment or procedure is beneficial, useful, effective— is recommended/ is indicated) for CABG. For 3VD without diabetes, the
same level of recommendation (IA) as CABG is given for PCI, whereas for 3VD with diabetes the recommendation is reduced for PCI, with a level of
evidence of IIb A(usefulness/ efficacy is less well established by evidence/ opinion— may be considered). With 3VD with intermediate– high SYNTAX
scores (>22), this remains within the realms of CABG, with a level of evidence IA compared to IIIA (evidence or general agreement that the given
treatment or procedure is not useful/ effective, and in some cases may be harmful— is not recommended) for PCI irrespective of diabetic status. In
patients with ULMCA disease and low SYNTAX score (<23), a level of evidence of IA is given for CABG and PCI, for an intermediate SYNTAX score (23–
32) a level of evidence for CABG as IA and PCI IIa A(weight of evidence/ opinion is in favour of usefulness/ efficacy— should be considered). In patients
with high SYNTAX scores (>32) this remains within the realms of CABG (level of evidence IA compared to IIIB for PCI).
Images adapted and used with permission from the SYNTAX Trial Investigators.
implies an increased likelihood of the patient having a greater plaque
burden and the presence (or future development) of vulnerable
plaque, particularly in the proximal vessels. In addition, with existing impaired LVEF, the clinical consequences of an acute myocardial infarction are more profound, with a greater risk of cardiogenic
shock and mortality.
Differing therapeutic mechanisms ofCABG
andPCI
Although excess clinical comorbidity is known to increase the
short- term surgical operative risk, this is counter- balanced by a
potentially greater longer- term prognostic benet of CABG. ere
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bypass gras to the mid coronary vessel confer a longer- term protective eect by preventing the clinical consequences of proximal
plaque progression or rupture compared to a stent— irrespective
of generation— which simply treats the obstructive lesion alone
but oers no protection against disease progression.,,,,
Second, the longer- term durability of arterial gras, which elute
vasoprotective agents into the coronary circulation and are accompanied by lower shear stress in the bypassed native coronary artery,
compared to saphenous vein gras, may be important.– ird,
PCI in contrast to CABG may increase the likelihood of more incomplete revascularization if patients are not appropriately selected.
More incomplete revascularization is a key factor in determining future MACCE and mortality.,
SYNTAX scoreII
e SYNTAX score II, is the anatomical SYNTAX score augmented by clinical variables that have been shown to alter the
threshold value of the anatomical SYNTAX s core in complex CAD to
allow comparison between CABG and PCI for long- term mortality
(Fig. 9.6 and Fig. 9.7). Notably, reduced LVEF, impaired kidney function, younger age, and female sex were shown to substantially lower
the anatomical SYNTAX scores to allow for equipoise for long- term
mortality between CABG and PCI (Fig. 9.8). Conversely, older age,
unprotected le main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease, and the
presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were
shown to markedly raise the anatomical SYNTAX scores to allow for
equipoise for long- term mortality between CABG and PCI.
e ndings of the SYNTAX score II do suggest that excess plaque
burden and clinical comorbidity lie at the heart of decision- making
between CABG and PCI, since either increases the likelihood of the
presence, or future development, of vulnerable plaque, which would
potentially be obviated with a bypass gra. Since the publication
of the SYNTAX score II, several studies have provided independent
data that have corroborated its ndings as detailed in the following
sections.
ImpairedLVEF
A subanalysis of the Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure
(STICH) trial demonstrated that in subjects with more advanced
ischaemic cardiomyopathy, more extensive CAD, and worse myocardial dysfunction and remodelling, a net longer- term prognostic
benet was seen for CABG compared to optimal medical therapy up
to 10years, despite the short- term (30- day) mortality risk being
higher with CABG. Although the 10- year mortality was high irrespective of whether the patient was revascularized or not, the margin
of mortality benet was clinically relevant for CABG (10- year mortality:58.9% (CABG) vs 66.1% (medical therapy); HR 0.84, 95% CI
0.73– 0.97; P =0.02) validating the concept that CABG provides a
protective role in coronary vessels in patients with complex CAD,
particularly that associated with severely impaired LVEF.
Another important issue is the potential value of revascularization
if the area of myocardium supplied by the coronary vessel is infarcted
and non- viable. Acounter argument to this assumption is that the
presence of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) has been shown in multiple registries to be a powerful independent predictor of mortality
in patients presenting with an acute myocardial infarction., e
underlying principle is that a CTO of, for instance, the le anterior
descending artery (LAD), may be dependent on collateralization
from the right coronary artery to remain viable., In such a scenario, acute occlusion of the right coronary artery would jeopardize
the blood supply to both territories with ensuing cardiogenic shock.
Likewise, if the LAD was not occluded, it potentially could collateralize an occluded right coronary artery irrespective of whether the
LAD territory was viable. In essence, patency of all the major epicardial vessels is essential to ensure they are able to provide (and
receive) collateral blood supply (if present) from other coronary
vessels in multivessel disease, particularly since well- developed coronary collateral arteries have been shown to reduce potential myocardial infarct size and to improve survival.
Chronic kidneydisease
SYNTAX demonstrated that the severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) had a substantial impact on decision- making between CABG and PCI, with worsening kidney function associated
with a greater likelihood for a prognostic benet from CABG.,
Consequently, as discussed earlier, patients would require substantially lower SYNTAX scores to achieve equipoise between CABG
and PCI for long- term mortality, most likely due to the greater likelihood of the existing presence or future development of vulnerable
plaque., Importantly no restrictions were placed on the severity
of CKD in SYNTAX, due to its all- comers design. ese ndings are
supported by a population- based study of patients with CKD and
multivessel coronary disease from the Ontario provincial registry
demonstrating that CABG is associated with improved early and late
mortality compared to PCI.
Conversely, in FREEDOM, the presence of CKD— dened as
an estimated glomerular ltration rate less than 60 mL/ min— was
shown to have a similar impact on clinical outcomes at a median
follow- up of 3.8 years, irrespective of the presence or absence of
CKD (HRs for the eect of CABG against PCI on MACCE:with
CKD, HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.50– 1.05; without CKD, HR 0.76, 95% CI
0.58– 1.00; interaction, P = 0.83). Importantly, as FREEDOM excluded patients with severe CKD (estimated glomerular ltration
rate <15 mL/ min or requiring dialysis), its applicability to diabetics
with severe CKD is limited.
Unprotected left main coronary artery
disease— EXCEL
e recently reported Evaluation of XIENCE Everolimus Eluting
Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Eectiveness of
Le Main Revascularization (EXCEL) trial randomly assigned
1905 patients with ULMCA with low to intermediate anatomical
complexity (anatomical SYNTAX score <33) to undergo CABG
(n=957) or PCI with contemporary DES (n=948)., To mirror
clinical practice, site- reported anatomical SYNTAX scores were
used as enrolment criteria. Apart from the anatomical entry criteria
of EXCEL— patients with up to intermediate anatomical complexity
CAD (SYNTAX score <33) in keeping with the le main subgroup
ndings of SYNTAX— the design was all- comers to prevent selection that had plagued CABG vs. PCI trials prior to SYNTAX.,
EXCEL demonstrated at least an equipoise for the primary endpoint
(composite outcome of all- cause death, myocardial infarction, and
stroke) at a median follow- up of 3years (interquartile range 2.4–
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Log HR
SYNTAX score
Log HR
Age (years) CrCl (mL/min) LVEF (%)
No
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CABG
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0
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0
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Fig.9.6 Predictor effects for CABG and PCI in the SYNTAX score II for long- term mortality in the SYNTAX trial. These are represented visually as a log
hazard ratio (HR) for CABG and PCI on the y- axis for each predictor. Each predictor is expressed on the x- axis continuously (upper) or categorically
(lower), for a person of mean baseline characteristics. Diabetes is included (highlighted in red) to illustrate its absence of interaction when included in
the analyses. Note the differing gradients of the hazards for PCI and CABG, leading to the hazards crossing at an anatomical SYNTAX score of 15. At
this cross- over point of hazards, the long- term mortality risk is comparable between CABG and PCI. This threshold of cross- over of hazards will vary
according to the level of other variables, namely being lower for female sex, reduced LVEF, and younger age, and higher for COPD, ULMCA disease, and
older age. As both peripheral vascular disease (PVD) (P=1.00) and diabetes (P=0.67) lacked an interaction effect, as indicated by almost parallel HRs
(i.e. comparable increase in long- term mortality risk), their presence would have no impact on decision- making between CABG and PCI.
Reproduced from Farooq V, van Klaveren D, Steyerberg EW, etal. Anatomical and clinical characteristics to guide decision making between coronary artery bypass surgery and
percutaneous coronary intervention for individual patients:development and validation of SYNTAX score II. Lancet. 2013;381(9867):639– 50 with permission from Elsevier.
(P=0.02 for non- inferiority; HR 1.00, 95% CI 0.79– 1.26; P=0.98 for
superiority). However at 5years follow up, despite similar outcomes
between CABG and PCI for the primary endpoint— CABG 19.2%,
PCI 22% (dierence 2.8%, 95% CI - 0.9 to 6.5, p=0.130, P=0.02 for
non- inferiority; HR 1.00, 95% CI 0.79– 1.26; P = 0.98 for superiority)— survival curves diverged in favour of CABG (CABG 9.9%
vs. PCI 13.0%, dierence 3.1%; 95% CI, 0.2 to 6.1).
Notably, when the core laboratory SYNTAX scores were assessed
in EXCEL, it was found that approximately a quarter of the patients
(24.2%) actually had high anatomical SYNTAX scores (≥33). e
site- reported anatomical SYNTAX scores in EXCEL of low (≤22)
in 60.5%, and intermediate (23– 32) in 39.5% were at variance with
the core laboratory- reported scores being, respectively, 35.8%, and
40.0% and high (≥33) in 24.2%. Asimilar phenomenon had also
previously occurred in the SYNTAX trial, in which there was a substantial disparity in the site versus core laboratory reporting of the
anatomical SYNTAX score. It should, however, be emphasized
that within SYNTAX, this eect was mitigated when the clinical
variables determined in the SYNTAX score II were incorporated,
again emphasizing the importance of clinical factors (in addition to
coronary anatomy) in decision- making between CABG and PCI on
the grounds of predicted long- term mortality.

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Anatomical SYNTAX (points): 48
Age (years): 74
CrCl (ml/min): 49
LVEF (%): 50
Left main: No
Sex: Female
COPD: No
PVD: No
SSII PCI (points): 51
SSII CABG (points): 28
4-year predicted mortality PCI (%): 33
4-year predicted mortality CABG (%): 6
Treatment recommendation CABG
(b)
Anatomical SYNTAX (points): 16
Age (years): 75
CrCl (ml/min): 62
LVEF (%): 70
Left main: No
Sex: Male
COPD: Yes
PVD: Yes
SSII PCI (points): 48
SSII CABG (points): 60
4-year predicted mortality PCI (%): 28
4-year predicted mortality CABG (%): 57
Treatment recommendation PCI
(c)
Anatomical SYNTAX (points): 20
Age (years): 49
CrCl (ml/min): 99
LVEF (%): 55
Left main: No
Sex: Male
COPD: No
PVD: No
SSII PCI (points): 19
SSII CABG (points): 12
4-year predicted mortality PCI (%): 3
4-year predicted mortality CABG (%): 2
Treatment recommendation CABG orPCI
Fig.9.7 The SYNTAX score II nomogram for bedside application. Total number of points for eight factors can be used to accurately predict long- term
(4- year) mortality for the individual patient proposing to undergo CABG or PCI (left). Case examples are illustrated (right). An online calculator is now
available for clinical use (www.syntaxscore.com). PVD, peripheral vascular disease.
Reproduced from Farooq V, van Klaveren D, Steyerberg EW, etal. Anatomical and clinical characteristics to guide decision making between coronary artery bypass surgery and
percutaneous coronary intervention for individual patients:development and validation of SYNTAX score II. Lancet. 2013;381(9867):639– 50 with permission from Elsevier.
Although the results of EXCEL essentially corroborate the ndings of SYNTAX (primary endpoint) for patients with ULMCA,
given the heterogeneity of anatomical complexity and high- risk patient subgroups recruited in EXCEL, even longer- term follow- up (at
least 10years) may be necessary to fully understand the impact of
ULMCA disease on decision- making between CABG and PCI. It
is noteworthy that at 4years, clinical outcomes in the EXCEL trial
appear to be diverging in favour of CABG (Fig. 9.4), despite the primary outcome favouring PCI at 30 days. At 30days, the primary
outcome occurred in 7.9% of CABG patients versus 4.9% of PCI patients (P <0.001) largely driven by periprocedural myocardial infarction (dened dierently than in SYNTAX).
Whether the inclusion of more anatomically complex subjects
(i.e. high anatomical SYNTAX scores (>32))— not intended by
protocol to be recruited in EXCEL— to have impacted on the results
of EXCEL is currently not known. Moreover, the disparity between
site- and core laboratory- reported anatomical SYNTAX scores identied in both the original SYNTAX trial and EXCEL, highlights
the need for a more objective assessment of anatomical coronary
complexity and is discussed in the section entitled ‘Non- invasive
imaging to guide decision- making’.
Unprotected left main coronary artery
disease— NOBLE
Contrary to the ndings of SYNTAX and EXCEL, the Percutaneous
Coronary Angioplasty Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graing in
Treatment of Unprotected Le Main Stenosis (NOBLE) trial reported diverging early results in favour of CABG. NOBLE randomly
assigned 1201 patients with ULMCA to undergo CABG (n=603) or
PCI with predominantly contemporary DES (n=598)., Notably,
NOBLE did not use the anatomical SYNTAX score as entry criteria
and instead was reliant on other criteria, namely, visual assessment
of le main stenosis diameter greater than or equal to 50% or fractional ow reserve of 0.80 or less in the le main coronary artery
ostium, mid- sha, or bifurcation non- complex lesions, and no
more than three additional non- complex coronary artery lesions.
Complex lesions were dened as CTOs, bifurcation lesions requiring
a two- stent technique, or lesions with calcied or tortuous vessel
morphology. It is notable that systematic screening logs were not
available in 31 of the 36 centres which eventually randomized 695/
1201 (57.9%) patients, whereas in the remaining ve centres 982 patients were screened, with just over half the screened patients (506/
982 (51.2%)) randomized. In the latter group, the most common

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Fig.9.8 Time- to- event curves for the primary composite endpoint (death, MI, stroke) and its components from the EXCEL Trial investigating patients
with ULMCA disease at a median follow- up of 3years. Panel (a)shows the results of the analysis of the primary composite endpoint of death, stroke,
or myocardial infarction at 3years. Results of analyses of the components of the primary endpoint are shown in (b)death from any cause, (c)stroke,
and (d)myocardial infarction. Event rates were based on Kaplan– Meier estimates in time- to- first- event analyses. Hazard ratios are for the patients who
underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with everolimus- eluting stents. The rates of stroke and myocardial infarction are non- hierarchical
(i.e. fatal and non- fatal events were included). In each panel, the inset shows the same data on an enlarged y- axis. CABG denotes coronary- artery
bypass grafting.
Reproduced fromStone GW, Sabik JF, Serruys PW, etal. Everolimus- Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease [published correction appears in N Engl J
Med. 2019 Oct 31;381(18):1789]. N Engl J Med. 2016;375(23):2223– 35. doi:10.1056/ NEJMoa1610227 with permission fromMassachusetts Medical Society
reasons for non- enrolment were consideration that patients were
not suitable for CABG or PCI (239/ 982 (24.3%)), greater than three
non- complex lesions (94/ 982 (33.3%)), and/ or the presence of any
complex lesions (212/ 982 (33.3%)). Furthermore, enrolment in
NOBLE was slow— over a 6- year period— with 11% of patients receiving rst- generation DESs. Given that the event rate was lower
than anticipated in NOBLE, the investigators changed the primary
endpoint from 5years to a median of 3.1years (interquartile range
2.0– 5.0) with all patients followed up for at least 1year which may
have had an impact on the reporting of the trial.
Five- year MACCE (a composite of all- cause mortality,
non- procedural myocardial infarction, any repeat coronary
revascularization, and stroke) in NOBLE was 29% for PCI and 19%
for CABG, HR 1.48 (95% CI 1.11– 1.96), exceeding the limit for noninferiority, with CABG signicantly better than PCI (P=0.0066).
Notably outcomes of MACCE were predominantly driven by nonprocedural myocardial infarction and repeat revascularization
(all- cause mortality 12% vs 9% (HR 1.07, 95% CI 0.67– 1.72;
P= 0.77), non- procedural myocardial infarction 7% vs 2% (HR
2.88, 95% CI 1.40– 5.90; P =0.0040), all- cause revascularization
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