Letters
To stent or not to stent?
A sterile debate
BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39273.655694.BE (Published 19 July 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:111
- Stephen Westaby, professor, department of cardiac surgery,
- Keith Channon, professor of cardiovascular medicine, department of cardiology,
- Adrian Banning, consultant, department of cardiology
- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU
- swestaby{at}AHF.org.uk
Did the recent BMJ articles improve the evidence for the superiority of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) over percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as claimed?1 2 3 In 2006 the featured minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft (MIDCAB) operation for isolated left anterior descending disease accounted for less than 0.5% of 24 000 CABG procedures in the United Kingdom.1 2 Equally the economic arguments apply to practice and hospital costs 10 years ago,3 …
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