Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for severe coronary artery disease.

W Serruys, Patrick; Morice, Marie-Claude; Pieter Kappetein, A; Colombo, Antonio; R Holmes, David; J Mack, Michael; Ståhle, Elisabeth; E Feldman, Ted; van den Brand, Marcel; J Bass, Eric; Van Dyck, Nic; Leadley, Katrin; D Dawkins, Keith; W Mohr, Friedrich; Investigators, SYNTAX

doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0804626

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Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for severe coronary artery disease.

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Authors:

Patrick W Serruys

Marie-Claude Morice

A Pieter Kappetein

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involving drug-eluting stents is increasingly used to treat complex coronary artery disease, although coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been the treatment of choice historically. Our trial compared PCI and CABG for treating patients with ...

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