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Editorial
. 2017 May;9(5):E451-E456.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.04.38.

PCI or CABG for severe unprotected left main coronary artery disease: making sense of the NOBLE and EXCEL trials

Anthony A Holmes  1 , Sripal Bangalore  1
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Editorial

PCI or CABG for severe unprotected left main coronary artery disease: making sense of the NOBLE and EXCEL trials

Anthony A Holmes et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 May.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Research grant (to Sripal Bangalore)—Abbott Vascular, NHLBI; Advisory board and honorarium (to Sripal Bangalore)—Abbott Vascular, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Medicines Co, Daiichi Sankyo, Merck, Abbott.

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