The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Expert review
Percutaneous coronary intervention versus bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomised trials
EuroIntervention 2011;7:738-746 publish online ahead of print August 2011. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I6A117
Giuseppe Ferrante1*, MD, PhD; Patrizia Presbitero1, MD; Marco Valgimigli2, MD, PhD; Marie-Claude Morice3, MD; Paolo Pagnotta1, MD; Guido Belli1, MD; Elena Corrada1, MD; Yoshinobu Onuma4, MD, PhD; Peter Barlis5, MBBS, MPH, PhD; Didier Locca6, MD; Eric Eeckhout6, MD, PhD; Carlo Di Mario7, MD, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys4, MD, PhD
1. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Istituto clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; 2. Cardiovascular Institute, Arcispedale S. Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; 3. Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Instit
Aims: We performed a meta-analysis of randomised trials comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation to coronary artery bypass grafting (CAB