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A Prospective, Randomized Study

Mario Monaco, MD^_*, Paolo Stassano, MD, Luigi Di Tommaso, MD^,_*, Paolo Pepino, MD^_*, Arturo Giordano, MD, Giovanni B. Pinna, MD, Gabriele Iannelli, MD and Giuseppe Ambrosio, MD, PhD

^_* Unit of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istituto Clinico Pineta Grande, Castelvolturno, Italy
Interventional Cardiology, Istituto Clinico Pineta Grande, Castelvolturno, Italy
Unit of Cardiac Surgery, University "Federico II" Medical School, Naples, Italy
Division of Cardiology, University of Perugia Medical School, Perugia, Italy

View larger version (14K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Cumulative Survival Cumulative survival for patients (pts) of group A (dashed line [n = 103]) and group B (solid line [n = 105]), intention-to-treat.

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 2 Freedom From Major Cardiac Events Freedom from major adverse cardiac events (MACE) for patients (pts) of group A (solid line [n = 103]) and group B (dashed line [n = 105]), intention-to-treat.