PRECOMBAT Explores PCI Versus CABG for Left Main Disease
In the PRECOMBAT trial, Korean investigators randomized 600 patients with unprotected left main disease to either PCI with a sirolimus-eluting stent or CABG. The results were presented at the ACC and...
View ArticleAscertaining ASCERT: How Well Do Registry Data Measure Up to the ‘Bedside Test’?
In the ASCERT observational study, stable patients (age 65 or older) with double- or triple-vessel CAD, but not left-main disease, were found to have better long-term survival after CABG than after...
View ArticleSYNTAX After 5 Years: Any Change in Results (or Your Practice)?
The 5 year results of the SYNTAX (SYNergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXus and cardiac surgery) trial are now published. SYNTAX assessed the optimal revascularization strategy for...
View ArticleAnteroseptal MI and Left-Main Dissection in a Pregnant Woman
Harsh Golwala presents our latest case: A 25-year-old woman, 32 weeks pregnant, presents with sudden-onset chest pain. How do you proceed?The post Anteroseptal MI and Left-Main Dissection in a Pregnant...
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