The transfiguration of the EXCEL trial: exceeding ethical and moral boundaries

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jul 1;58(1):30-34. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa121.

¹ Cardiovascular Surgery Discipline, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Sao Lucas Hospital of the Pontifical Catholic University of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
³ Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP), São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine of the University Center Assis Gurgacz, Cascavel, PR, Brazil.

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Keywords: Coronary artery bypass surgery; Left main coronary artery disease; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Randomized controlled trials.

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