Table 2.

Mean Differences in Cost and Follow-up (FUP) of Patients with Multivessel Disease Treated with Either Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) with Drug-Eluting Stents (DES)

	Mean difference between CABG and DES-PCI
In-hospital costs	4551 €a
Cumulative costs up to 6 months	5510 €a
Cumulative costs up to 1 year	5077 €a
Cumulative costs up to 2-year FUP	4882 €a
Cumulative costs up to 3-year FUP	5188 €a
Cumulative costs up to 4-year FUP	5068 €a
Cumulative costs up to 5-year FUP	5400 €a

^aP < 0.05 (Wilcoxon-test).