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Editorial
. 2018 Feb;10(2):576-580.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.116.

Climbing the hill of left main coronary artery revascularization: percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft?

Ciro Indolfi  1   2 , Carmen Spaccarotella  1 , Masakazu Yasuda  1   3 , Salvatore De Rosa  1
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Editorial

Climbing the hill of left main coronary artery revascularization: percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft?

Ciro Indolfi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Feb.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Stepwise approach to treat left main stenosis using a planned Double Kissing crush 2-stent strategy. This technique resulted in a lower rate of TLF at 1 year than a provisional stenting strategy (19).
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