Planned angiographic control versus clinical follow-up for patients with unprotected left main stem stenosis treated with second generation drug-eluting stents: A propensity score with matching analysis from the FAILS (failure in left main with second generation stents-Cardiogroup III Study).
Fabrizio D'AscenzoMario IannacconeMarco PavaniHiroyoshi KawamotoJavier EscanedFerdinando VarbellaGiacomo G BoccuzziDavid Hiddick-SmithAntonio ColomboFiorenzo GaitaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
planned angiographic control results in more TLR but may reduce mortality. These findings need to be confirmed by adequately powered randomized controlled trial.