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Angioplasty, bypass surgery or medical treatment: how should we decide?
  1. J P Pell1,
  2. M A Denvir2
  1. 1Department of Medical Cardiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2Department of cardiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
  1. Dr Martin Denvir, Department of Cardiology, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK;
    martin.denvir{at}ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Coronary revascularisation continues to be underused despite evidence that this results in poorer outcomes

  • angioplasty
  • coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  • coronary artery disease
  • ACRE, appropriateness of coronary revascularisation
  • CABG, coronary artery bypass graft
  • CAD, coronary artery disease
  • PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention

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