Pentafurcation of left main coronary artery

نویسندگان

  • Paweł Tyczyński
  • Rafał Wolny
  • Hubert Łazarczyk
  • Paweł Litwiński
  • Sang Wook Kim
  • Adam Witkowski
چکیده

Pentafurcation of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) is a rare finding. In anatomical studies the frequency of LMCA pentafurcation ranges from 1% to 3.4% [1]. However, to the best of our knowledge it has not been reported in angiographic studies. We describe a clinical case of a patient with such an unusual angiographic feature. A 67-year-old male patient with a history of arterial hypertension and heavy smoking was admitted to the emergency department with symptoms of unstable angina. Based on elevated troponin T up to 116 ng/l (UNL < 14), non-ST elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed. Immediate coronary angiography revealed LMCA pentafur-cation with significant ostial lesions in the left anterior descending coronary artery as well as in three intermediate branches and tandem lesions in the right coronary artery (RCA) (Figures 1 A–C). According to the previously proposed modification of the Medina classification [2], the culprit LMCA pentafurcation lesion was assigned as 0.1.1.1.1.0. The patient underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The post-procedural course was uneventful. Acute coronary syndrome due to culprit lesion located in LMCA multifurcation is a challenging and high-risk clinical scenario. Possible treatment options include per-cutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and CABG. There are very limited data on the preferred revascularization strategy. It seems reasonable that for hemodynamically stable patients with acceptable surgical risk, CABG will be the treatment of choice. In the present case this approach was chosen with a good result. However, in unstable patients with ongoing ischemia and poor ejection fraction, salvage PCI must always be considered. Available data on PCI outcomes are confined to LMCA trifurcation only [3]. Dedicated techniques such as the Szabo technique, V-stenting, etc., have been developed for precise treatment of ostial lesions [4]. However, their limitations and required expertise should be kept in mind [5, 6]. Whatever technique is used, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance seems to be critical when the LMCA is involved in the treatment [7, 8]. Minimal stent area (MSA) cutoffs have been previously identified to prevent in-stent rest-enosis [9]. However, the proposed MSA of 6.3 mm 2 for the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) ostium may not necessarily apply in this case, where the LAD itself is smaller and covers a smaller myocardium area. Plaque shift from the LAD ostium into the LMCA seems to be highly probable in this particular case, thus precluding stenting confined only to the ostia of the LMCA branches. However, the …

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دوره 12  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016