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CABG surgery versus drug-eluting stent implantation in multivessel disease: an interventional cardiology perspective

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. AJ Kirtane is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and MB Leon is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York, NY, USA.,

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  2. MB Leon is also Associate Director of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at CUMC.,

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  3. Drs Kirtane and Leon are practicing interventional cardiologists at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/CUMC.,

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AJ Kirtane has acted as a consultant for Abbott Vascular and Medtronic and has received speakers' bureau honoraria from Boston Scientific and Medtronic. MB Leon has acted as a consultant for Abbott Vascular, Cordis, and Medtronic and has received speakers' bureau honoraria from Boston Scientific and Medtronic.

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Kirtane, A., Leon, M. CABG surgery versus drug-eluting stent implantation in multivessel disease: an interventional cardiology perspective. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 448–449 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1273

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