Does an Occluded RCA Affect Prognosis in Patients Undergoing PCI or CABG for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? Analysis From the EXCEL Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: In the EXCEL trial, the presence of an occluded RCA at baseline did not confer a worse 3-year prognosis in patients undergoing revascularization for LMCAD and did not affect the relative outcomes of PCI versus CABG in this high-risk patient cohort. PMID: 31186220 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research