Percutaneous Left Main Intervention
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Left main percutaneous coronary intervention.
The introduction of drug-eluting stents and advances in catheter techniques have led to increasing acceptance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a viable alternative to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for unprotected left main disease. Current guidelines state that it is reasonable to consider unprotected left main PCI in patients with low to intermediate anatomic complexity who...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2309-6357,2071-0917
DOI: 10.3329/cardio.v5i2.14280