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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on April 19, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm061
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Safety and efficacy concerns regarding elective coronary artery surgery in patients with prior coronary stents

Joanna Chikwe

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, USA
Tel: +1 207 617 7261
Fax: +1 207 735 7449
E-mail address: chikwe@gmail.com

Thanos Athanasiou

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust
London, UK
Department of Surgery
Imperial College London
London, UK

Peter Collins

Department of Cardiology
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
London, UK
Department of Cardiac Medicine
Royal National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London
London, UK

John R. Pepper

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
London, UK

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Recent data have raised concerns about the safety of drug-eluting stents.1 Stents are used in over 70% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) because they reduce the risk of acute major complications of PCI and long-term restenosis. Despite the low procedural morbidity afforded by stenting, coronary artery bypass graft . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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