Is There Long-Term Clinical Equipoise Between CABG and PCI for Isolated Left Anterior Descending Artery Disease?

Eliano P Navarese^{1

2

3}, Eleonora Ruscio⁴, Diana A Gorog^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Research, Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
³ SIRIO MEDICINE Research Network, Poland.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Postgraduate Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Eliano P Navarese et al. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2023.

. 2023 May 19;2(4):100611.

doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.100611. eCollection 2023 Jul-Aug.

Eliano P Navarese^{1

2

3}, Eleonora Ruscio⁴, Diana A Gorog^{5

6}

¹ Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Research, Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
³ SIRIO MEDICINE Research Network, Poland.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
⁶ Postgraduate Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: coronary artery bypass surgery; left anterior descending coronary artery; percutaneous coronary intervention.

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