Introduction: The SYNTAX trial showed that coronary artery bypass grafting remains the standard
of treatment for left main and three-vessel coronary artery disease, with lower rates
of major cardiac and cerebrovascular events and need for revascularisation at 12 months
when compared to percutaneous coronary intervention. Surgery did, however, have a
higher rate of stroke in the post-operative period (2.2% versus 0.6%) [
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