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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

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   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.