Will coronary artery surgery disappear in 10 years' time?
Over the past 20 years, percutaneous coronary intervention has progressively developed and matured, and many patients with severe coronary artery disease can now be revascularized non-surgically. So are the days of coronary artery bypass graft surgery numbered?
Palmer
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Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool L14 3PE.
Newall
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Ramsdale
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000639:trends*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D015607:Stents