Stent Versus Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Grafting in the Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Era

The OPCAB showed superior outcomes in triple-vessel or left main disease, or both, compared with PCI in the second-generation DES era after 23 months of follow-up. Nonfatal myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization were the determining factors. Longer follow-up with randomization will clarify our results.