Why the study?
Does a waiting time of > 7 days before surgery increase in-hospital death and MACE in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis?
Population
176 patients with left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis
Comparison
Waiting time between coronary angiography and… vs Waiting time between coronary angiography and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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Preoperative status should guide urgency more than fixed delays in LMCA stenosis; this cohort study leaves open randomized timing trials.
Does a waiting time of > 7 days before surgery increase in-hospital death and MACE in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis?
Preoperative clinical status, rather than waiting time, predicts in-hospital surgical outcomes in patients with LMCA stenosis undergoing CABG.
Sarı et al. (2007) studied this question.
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