title: Will coronary artery surgery disappear in 10 years' time?
abstract: 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?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool L14 3PE.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Newall
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ramsdale
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000639:trends*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D015607:Stents