Angioplasty Proves Reasonable Alternative to Bypass Surgery

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For the new study, Park and his team compared 1,102 patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease who underwent stent implantation (318 with bare metal stents and 784 with newer drug-eluting stents) with 1,138 patients who underwent CABG as 12 centers in Korea.

Overall, there were no major differences between the two groups in the risk of death or the risk of an outcome that included heart attack and stroke.

The next step, Park said, is a randomized trial comparing the two procedures.

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The American Heart Association has more on percutaneous coronary intervention.