Although CABG has been the standard therapy for patients with left main coronary artery stenosis, new data suggest that PCI with drug-eluting stents may be a valid alternative treatment.

Daniele Giacoppo, MD, from the German Heart Center Munich and the Technical University of Munich, and colleagues performed a meta-analysis recently published in JAMA Cardiology comparing long-term safety of PCI with DES vs. CABG in patients with left main coronary artery stenosis.