Balancing idealism with realism to safeguard the welfare of patients: The importance of Heart Team led decision-making in patients with complex coronary artery disease

Indian Heart J. 2016 Jan-Feb;68(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.10.385. Epub 2016 Jan 12.

¹ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester and Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom. Electronic address: vasimfarooq@icloud.com.
² NIHR Cardiovascular BRU, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
³ Emeritus Professor of Medicine with a Chair in Interventional Cardiology at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; International Centre for Circulatory Health, NHLI, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.

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Keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Decision-making; Heart Team; Percutaneous coronary intervention; SYNTAX score.

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