Is smoking associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients undergoing revascularization with PCI or CABG : the SYNTAX trial at 5-year follow-up?
Smoking is associated with poor clinical outcomes after revascularization in patients with complex CAD. This places further emphasis on efforts at smoking cessation to improve revascularization benefits. (SYNTAX Study: TAXUS Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Narrowed Arteries; NCT00114972).
Multiple contact and mixed-mode surveys may increase response rates, but they do not necessarily reduce nonresponse bias.