Short Communication - Current Trends in Cardiology (2017) Volume 1, Issue 2

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

Abstract

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.