Optimal revascularization for left main coronary artery disease-coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention

Ian C Bostock¹, Jock N McCullough¹, Alexander Iribarne^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiac Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
² The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.

Editorial

Ian C Bostock et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;9(5):1171-1173.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.04.24.

Ian C Bostock¹, Jock N McCullough¹, Alexander Iribarne^{1

2}

¹ Section of Cardiac Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
² The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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