Letter by Uretsky regarding article, "Outcomes in patients with de novo left main disease treated with either percutaneous coronary intervention using paclitaxel-eluting stents or coronary artery bypass graft treatment in the synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXUS and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) trial".

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Published in Circulation on April 05, 2011

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Barry F Uretsky

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