Randomized Study of Left-Main Stenting.

Autor: Hermann, Howard C.
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Zdroj: Journal Watch General Medicine; 4/15/2008, Vol. 28 Issue 8, p65-65, 1/3p
Abstrakt: The article offers information on a study on the medical use of stenting in patients in Poland with left main (LM) coronary artery disease. The study compared stenting use with that of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. It was found that 3.3 percent had a better result than that with CABG which had 0.5 percent. Unfavorable events were also less with stenting at 7.7 percent than with CABG, 28.3 percent.
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