Acute occlusion of left main coronary artery without ventricular damage
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Acute left main coronary artery occlusion
The treatment of an acute left main coronary artery occlusion still poses a challenge. In this case report we present a 50-year-old patient with an acute occlusion of the left main artery. After a successful angioplasty without "stenting" due to the complexity of the stenosis the patient underwent a successful bypass surgery. We discuss the therapeutic options of acute left main occlusion regar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960140217