Drug-Eluting Stents vs. Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting in Multivessel Coronary Disease

L. Hannan, Edward; Wu, Chuntao; Walford, Gary; T. Culliford, Alfred; P. Gold, Jeffrey; R. Smith, Craig; S.D. Higgins, Robert; E. Carlson, Russell; H. Jones, Robert

doi:10.1056/nejmoa071804

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Drug-Eluting Stents vs. Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting in Multivessel Coronary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 23, 2008

Authors:

Edward L. Hannan

Chuntao Wu

Gary Walford

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have compared the outcomes of two competing interventions for multivessel coronary artery disease: coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) and coronary stenting. However, little information has become available since the introduction of drug-eluting stents. METHODS: We id...

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Medicine

Hazard ratio

Myocardial infarction

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