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SUBMITTER: Rampat R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808470 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rampat Rajiv R Hildick-Smith David D
Interventional cardiology (London, England) 20150901 3
Left main stem (LMS) disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Traditionally coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been the gold standard for treatment of these lesions. However over the past decade, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has assumed a more prominent role in the treatment of LMS disease. With the advent of newer drug-eluting stents (DES) with an improved risk factor profile, better intravascular imaging modalities and careful patient selection, the u ...[more]