Friday, November 22, 2019

Stent versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery



Stent versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Multi-Vessel and Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials with Subgroups Evaluation

Pedro José Negreiros de Andrade1  2

João Luiz de Alencar Araripe Falcão1  2

Breno de Alencar Araripe Falcão1  2

Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha1  2

Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.112 no.5 São Paulo May 2019  Epub Feb 21, 2019
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2019000500511





Harvard Heart Letter
Bypass or angioplasty with stenting: How do you choose?
July, 2013
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/bypass-or-angioplasty-with-stenting-how-do-you-choose


Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
Talia F. Malik; Vijai S. Tivakaran.
Last Update: December 15, 2018.
Andreas Gruentzig first developed PCTA in 1977, and the procedure was performed in Zurich, Switzerland that same year.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535417/