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Abstract
Patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease have been found to have better outcomes with
coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) than with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCD), but
studies in which PCI is guided by measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR) have been lacking
{In this multicenter, international, noninferiority trial, patents with three-vessl coronary artery
disease were randomly assigned to undergo CABG or FFR-guided PCT with current-generation
zotarolimas-cluting stents The primary end point was the oecurrence within I year of a major
adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular event, defined as death from any cause, myocardial infarction,
stroke or tepeat revascularization. Noninferiority of FFR-guided PCT to CABG was prespecified as
an upper boundary of less than 1.65 forthe 95% confidence interval of the hazard ratio, Secondary
end points included a composite of death, myocardial infarction, or stoke; safety was also
assessed.
‘A total of 1500 patients underwent randomization at 48 centers, Patients assigned to undergo PCT
received a mean (48D) of 3.74.9 stents, and those asigned to undergo CABG received 3.41.0,
distal anastomoses. The 1-year incidence ofthe composite primary end point was 10.6% among,
patients randomly assigned to undergo FFR-guided PCI and 6.9% among those assigned to
‘undergo CABG (hazard ratio, 5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 2.2, findings that were not
consistent with noninferiority of FFR-guided PCI (P =0.35 for noninferiority). The incidence of