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European Bifurcation Club 2010, EBC 2010 – Budapest, Hungary
LM upcoming studies: place of techniques?
Noble Trial
Author: Leif Thuesen, MD, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
PURPOSE
In a clinical, randomized, 5-year follow-up study to compare essential clinical outcome parameters in patients with unprotected left main (LMCA) disease, treated with coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention using drug eluting stents.
STUDY HYPOTHESIS
DES-PCI of unprotected LMCA disease is non-inferior to CABG concerning the 2-year rate of death, myocardial infarction, stroke or new revascularization.