The long-term effect of stents in patients with multivessel disease involving the proximal left anterior descending artery was investigated. At 3 years, there was no difference in the combined incidence of death, stroke, and myocardial infarction in either group, but the need for repeat revascularization was more frequent in the group with stenting than in the group with coronary artery bypass grafting.

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doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.028, hdl.handle.net/1765/4643
The American Journal of Cardiology
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Aoki, J., Ong, A., Arampatzis, C., Disco, C., Serruys, P., Rodriguez-Granillo, G., & Vijayakumar, M. (2004). Comparison of three-year outcomes after coronary stenting versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with multivessel coronary disease; including involvement of the left anterior descending coronary artery proximally (a subanalysis of the arterial revascularization therapies study trial). The American Journal of Cardiology, 94(5), 627–631. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.028