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Published at www.nejm.org March 31, 2008 (10.1056/NEJMe0802094)

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A recent meta-analysis, report, and editorial all agreed with the need for a randomized trial of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as compared with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with left main coronary artery disease.^1,2,3 The meta-analysis reported results of 16 observational studies on 1278 patients undergoing PCI with drug-eluting stents for unprotected left main coronary artery disease.¹ Mortality was 2.3% during hospitalization and 5.5% at the time of last follow-up, at a median of 10 months. Five randomized comparisons of PCI and CABG were noted to be ongoing, with combined enrollment goals exceeding 2400 patients with unprotected left main . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Surgery, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

This article (10.1056/NEJMe0802094) was published at www.nejm.org on March 31, 2008. It will appear in the April 24 issue of the Journal.

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