coronary artery bypass surgery

ACC: No Winner Found in Left Main Disease (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 04/04/2011 - 15:30

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Stenting appears equal to coronary artery bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease, Korean researchers found.


 

ESC: Bypass Surgery Trumps Stents for Complex Coronary Lesions

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.