Do EXCEL and NOBLE translate into real world? A 5-year observational study of left main stem outcomes.

Open Heart · 2020 · PMC7597524 · PMID 33122422

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did not quite reach significancep=0.08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

This was paralleled in the NOBLE trial with a numerically higher rate of stroke in PCI versus CABG (4.9% vs 2%); however, this did not quite reach significance (p=0.08). 7 The result contrasted the SYNTAX trial which found a higher rate of stroke in the CABG group at long term follow-up.

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Discussion The main findings of our study were that PCI had a numerically higher rate of MACE than CABG although this did not reach statistical significance.

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