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Angioplasty with drug-eluting stents versus bypass grafting for treatment of unprotected left main stem disease.

Ramlall M, Costanzo P, Ali A and John J

Medically treated patients with unprotected left main stem (LMS) coronary artery disease have a poor prognosis and early evidence suggests there is a strong survival benefit from surgical revascularization, especially in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.