The EXCEL trial aims to compare the effectiveness of everolimus-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease.
Does PCI using everolimus-eluting stents improve outcomes compared to CABG in patients with left main coronary artery disease with low and intermediate SYNTAX scores?
The EXCEL trial is designed to compare PCI with everolimus-eluting stents versus CABG in patients with left main coronary artery disease and low to intermediate SYNTAX scores.
The EXCEL study will define the contemporary roles of CABG and PCI using XIENCE CoCr-EES in patients with LMCAD disease with low and intermediate SYNTAX scores.
Kappetein et al. (2016) studied this question. The EXCEL trial aims to compare the effectiveness of everolimus-eluting stents versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease.