A Randomized Comparison of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Versus Bare-Metal Stents for Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis
Andrejs Erglis, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC*,*,
Inga Narbute, MD*,
Indulis Kumsars, MD*,
Sanda Jegere, MD*,
Iveta Mintale, MD*,
Ilja Zakke, MD, FESC*,
Uldis Strazdins, MD* and
Andris Saltups, MD, FACC, FRACP, MRACP
* Latvian Center of Cardiology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
Cabrini Medical Centre and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier Curves: Freedom From Major Adverse Coronary Events
At 6 months, the death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization (major adverse coronary events)-free survival rate was 70.0% in the bare-metal stent (BMS) group and 86.8% in the paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) group (p = 0.036). PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
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