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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2009; 53:1760-1768, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.035 (Published online 25 February 2009).
© 2009 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Julinda Mehilli, MD*,*, Adnan Kastrati, MD*, Robert A. Byrne, MB, MRCPI*, Olga Bruskina, MD*, Raisuke Iijima, MD*, Stefanie Schulz, MD*, Jürgen Pache, MD*, Melchior Seyfarth, MD*, Steffen Maßberg, MD*, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, MD{dagger}, Josef Dirschinger, MD{dagger}, Albert Schömig, MD*,{dagger} for the ISAR-LEFT-MAIN (Intracoronary Stenting and Angiographic Results: Drug-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Coronary Left Main Lesions) Study Investigators

* Deutsches Herzzentrum, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany
{dagger} Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany


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Figure 1 Study Flow Chart

CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; uLMCA = unprotected left main coronary artery.

 

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Figure 2 1-Year Incidence and Relative Risk of the Primary End Point of Death, Myocardial Infarction, and Target Lesion Revascularization in Pre-Specified Subgroups

Relative risks associated with the use of paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) as compared with sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) are shown with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

 

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Figure 3 2-Year Adverse Event Rates in the PES and SES Groups

(A) Mortality. (B) Composite of death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization. RR = relative risk; other abbreviations as in Figure 2.

 




 
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