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Randomized Comparison of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Versus Sirolimus-Eluting Stenting in Isolated Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis

Holger Thiele, MD^_*,_*, Patrick Neumann-Schniedewind, MD^_*, Stephan Jacobs, MD, Enno Boudriot, MD^_*, Thomas Walther, MD, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr, MD, Gerhard Schuler, MD^_* and Volkmar Falk, MD

^_* Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Trial Profile LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery.

View larger version (14K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 2 MACE at Mid-Term Follow-Up Kaplan-Meier curve for the primary combined clinical end point of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) at mid-term follow-up. The log-rank test was used for the comparison between sirolimus-eluting stenting and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB).