ESC: Bypass Surgery Trumps Stents for Complex Coronary Lesions

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 09/01/2008 - 12:51

MUNICH (MedPage Today) -- Once again a percutaneous coronary intervention -- this time the paclitaxel-eluting Taxus stent -- was proven inferior to coronary artery bypass surgery, though by a narrower margin than in past head-to-head trials.


 

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