A Comparison of Coronary-Artery Stenting with Angioplasty for Isolated Stenosis of the Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
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- 20 March 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (12) , 817-822
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199703203361201
Abstract
Randomized studies have shown that the use of coronary-artery stenting as the initial treatment for coronary stenosis is associated with a lower risk of restenosis than is standard coronary angioplasty. We prospectively investigated the efficacy of these two approaches in selected patients with isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.Keywords
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