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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2005) 2, 396-400
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0272  
Received 24 February 2005 | Accepted 29 April 2005

Treatment of unprotected left main coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents: is it time for a randomized trial?

Alaide Chieffo and Antonio Colombo*

Correspondence *EMO Centro Cuore Columbus, via M Buonarroti 48, 20145 Milan, Italy

Email
 colombo@emocolumbus.it

Revascularization is currently recommended for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease. In this review, Chieffo and Colombo discuss the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous interventions involving drug-eluting stents as an alternative approach for treating this disease.

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