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Publication year: 2010
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 105, Issue 2, 15 January 2010, Pages 174-178
Tullio, Palmerini , Diego, Sangiorgi , Antonio, Marzocchi , Corrado, Tamburino , Imad, Sheiban , …

In this study we investigated the impact of acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) on clinical outcomes in patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) stenosis treated with drug-eluting stents (DESs). In this multicenter, retrospective, observational study we enrolled 1,101 patients with ULMCA stenosis treated with DESs. Six hundred eleven patients presented with ACS and 490 had stable coronary artery disease. ACS was defined as the presence of unstable angina or non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI). During 2-year follow-up, the adjusted hazard ratio of cardiac mortality and MI of patients with ACS versus stable patients was 2.42 (95% confidence interval 1.37…

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