A Comparison of the Costs of and Quality of Life After Coronary Angioplasty or Coronary Surgery for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

Abstract

There was no difference in the primary end point or its components at 3 years. Although the primary procedural costs of coronary surgery are more than for coronary angioplasty, this cost advantage is largely, although probably not completely, lost by 3 years because of more frequent additional procedures and other resource consumption after a first revascularization by PTCA.