066 Left main coronary stenting in a non surgical octogenarian population: A possible approach
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Left main stenting.
For several decades, based on clinical trials comparing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with medical therapy, bypass surgery has been regarded as the treatment of choice for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease. However, because of marked advancements in the techniques of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting and CABG and adjunctive pharmaco...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1878-6480
DOI: 10.1016/s1878-6480(12)70462-7