In this randomized trial, percutaneous coronary intervention and CABG had equivalent outcomes for the composite of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction at five years for patients with left main disease of low or intermediate anatomical complexity.
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Five-Year Outcomes After PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Disease
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
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Author(s): Gregg W. Stone, A. Pieter Kappetein, Joseph F. Sabik, Stuart J. Pocock, Marie-Claude Morice, John Puskas, David E. Kandzari, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, W. Morris Brown, III, Nicholas J. Lembo, Adrian Banning, Béla Merkely, Ferenc Horkay, Piet W. Boonstra, Ad J. van Boven, Imre Ungi, Gabor Bogáts, Samer Mansour, Nicolas Noiseux, Manel Sabaté, Jose Pomar, Mark Hickey, Anthony Gershlick, Pawel E. Buszman, Andrzej Bochenek, Erick Schampaert, Pierre Pagé, Rodrigo Modolo, John Gregson, Charles A. Simonton, Roxana Mehran, Ioanna Kosmidou, Philippe Généreux, Aaron Crowley, Ovidiu Dressler, and Patrick W. Serruys for the EXCEL Trial Investigators
