Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
Stone GW, Sabik JF, EXCEL Trial Investigators et al.
KEYWORDS
PCI; CABG; noninferiority
BACKGROUND - Patients with obstructive left main coronary artery disease are usually treated with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). Randomized trials have suggested that drug-eluting stents may be an acceptable alternative to CABG in selected patients with left main coronary disease.