A Cardiologia Intervencionista tem experimentado extraordinário avanço nos últimos anos,
sendo atualmente o método de revascularização do miocárdio mais empregado em todos …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare long-term survival between patients with
severe coronary artery disease undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and …

Background: Despite the well-established benefits of secondary cardiovascular prevention,
the importance of concurrent medical therapy in clinical trials of coronary revascularization is …

Considerations for the choice between coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous
coronary intervention as revascularization strategies in major categories of patients with stable …

Background: Currently available randomized data on the comparison between
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for the …

Left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) portends higher prognostic risk as a result of the
large myocardial territory at risk, ranging from 75% to 100%, depending on the dominance of …

The advent of coronary angiography in the 1960s allowed for the risk stratification of patients
with stable angina. Patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease have an …

Importance Patients with left main coronary artery disease presenting with an acute coronary
syndrome (ACS) represent a high-risk and understudied subgroup of patients with …

Background Some but not all randomized controlled trials (RCT) have suggested that
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents may be an acceptable …

Coronary artery bypass surgery is considered as the gold standard treatment of unprotected
left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease. Over the last 20 years, improvement in stent …