The FREEDOM trial: In appropriate patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease, CABG beats PCI

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • August 2013,
  • 80
  • (8)
  • 515-523;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.13030

ABSTRACT

The Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multivessel Disease (FREEDOM) trial (N Engl J Med 2012; 367:2375–2384) was designed to resolve the long-standing debate over the optimal revascularization strategy in patients with diabetes mellitus and multivessel coronary artery disease. At a median follow-up of 3.8 years, the incidence of the primary outcome (a composite of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke) was significantly lower with bypass surgery than with percutaneous intervention.

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