Do hybrid procedures have proven clinical utility and are they the wave of the future? : hybrid procedures have no proven clinical utility and are not the wave of the future.
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Both coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have been shown to provide symptomatic relief and to increase longterm survival in patients with coronary artery disease.1–3 Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) seeks to combine the respective strengths of CABG and PCI in an attempt to offer a technique that is less invasive than conventional surgery without diminishing the efficaciousness of therapy offered.
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Do hybrid procedures have proven clinical utility and are they the wave of the future? : hybrid procedures have proven clinical utility and are the wave of the future.
The optimal revascularization strategy for multivessel coronary artery disease remains controversial, especially when there is diffuse disease involving the proximal segment of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) remains the gold standard approach, although the evidence is increasingly being challenged by technological and procedural advances i...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation
دوره 125 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012