Tag: left main PCI

EXCEL: PCI inferior to CABG in Bayesian reanalysis

A Bayesian analysis of EXCEL and other randomised controlled trials comparing coronary artery bypass...

Virtual ACC: PRECOMBAT finds PCI as good as CABG at 10 years in left main disease

The longest follow-up to date of patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) has fou...

New England Journal of Medicine to review EXCEL data

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has launched a review into the data from the EXCEL trial,...

BBC Newsnight makes fresh claims about allegedly withheld mortality data in EXCEL

The news programme BBC Newsnight has made further claims that the EXCEL investigators “held back...

JIM 2020: Weigh up early and late events in EXCEL to determine treatment for left main disease

Gregg W Stone (Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, USA) addressed the EXCEL controv...

CABG shows 10-year benefit over PCI in left main patients with high SYNTAX score

Extended 10-year follow-up has demonstrated that in patients with a high SYNTAX score undergoing...

EXCEL: EACTS reaches out to trial investigators to “resolve concerns”, as CRF commissions independent review

The European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons (EACTS) has issued a statement reaching out...