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STS Leaders Testify Before FDA Circulatory System Device Panel Regarding Stents and CABG

STS Representative Presentations

Dr. Frederick L. Grover, STS President
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Dr. T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr.
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Dr. Robert A. Guyton
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Dr. Peter K. Smith
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Supporting Research
"Selection of Surgical or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Provides Differential Longevity Benefit"
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006;82:1420-1429
http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org

"Comparing Long-Term Survival of Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease After CABG or PCI: Analysis of BARI-Like Patients in Northern New England"
Circulation 2005;112;371-376
http://circ.ahajournals.org

"Propensity Analysis of Long-Term Survival After Surgical or Percutaneous Revascularization in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease and High-Risk Features"
Circulation 2004;109:2290-2295
http://circ.ahajournals.org

"Long-Term Outcomes of Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting versus Stent Implantation"
New England Journal of Medicine 2005;352:2174-83
http://www.nejm.org