Left main coronary artery stenosis
Isolated Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis after Thoracic Radiation Therapy: To Operate or Not to Operate
... neous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting of the ...suggested coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery as a reasonable option due to the high failure rate of stenting ostial lesions and to ...
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Long-term results of surgical angioplasty for left main coronary artery stenosis: 18-year follow-up
... the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) registry, the overall survival was 90, 74, and 56% at 5, 10, and 15 years, respectively ...with left main equivalent coronary artery ...
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Percutaneous intervention versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery in left main coronary artery stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... with left main coron- ary artery ...for left main CAD could not be abstracted, studies with small sample size and short follow-up duration, and studies reporting unadjusted ...
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Key words
... isolated coronary artery bypass ...days, left main coronary artery stenosis of more than 50% and emergency surgery in Group 1 were higher than in Group 2 (p < ...
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Does Right Coronary Artery Stenosis Increase Morbi Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease?
... had left main coronary artery stenosis (LMCAS) were included in our ...as left coronary artery stenosis ...LMCA stenosis (33, 6%), and 71 (66, 4%) had ...
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Surgical reconstruction of the left main coronary artery with patch-angioplasty
... of coronary arteries. In the cases of unclear or sus- pected LMCA stenosis, CT angiography can be per- formed to unmask catheter-induced coronary spasm as the underlying reason for isolated ...
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Outcomes of a percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in octogenarians
... In elderly patients, there was no significant differ- ence in hospital mortality and survival rates be- tween patients who undergo PCI or CABG. This study reported that heart failure on admission, atrial fibrillation, ...
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Drug eluting stents or coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease: a meta analysis of four randomized trials and seventeen observational studies
... versus coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease: 5-year results from the MAIN-COMPARE (Revascularization for Unprotected ...
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“Kurdistan” Technique for the Treatment of Unprotected Trifurcation Left Main Stem Coronary Artery Lesion: Case Report
... the MAIN-COMPARE (Revasculari- zation for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty Versus Surgical ...
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Transthoracic echocardiography for imaging of the different coronary artery segments: a feasibility study
... of coronary arteries by transtho- racic echocardiography (TTE) is an emerging diagnostic tool for studying flow in the left main (LM), the left descending artery (LAD), the circumflex ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of left ventricular longitudinal function by speckle tracking echocardiography to predict significant coronary artery stenosis. A systematic review
... specific coronary artery territories, although there is individual variability in the coronary blood supply to myocardial ...significant stenosis in the three main coronary ...
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Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
... EuroScore, left ventricle ejection fraction (EF), the severity of LM stenosis and stent dimentions be- tween groups, the variables were checked for normality of distribution (Shapiro-Wilks test), and means ...
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Original Article Excessive RAAS, ER stress and inflammation responses impair adaptability to acceleration-associated stress in swines with moderate-severe coronary artery stenosis
... The left anterior descend- ing (LAD) artery, and its forward diagonal and ventricular branches were ...LAD artery was gently separated using forceps in its proximal diagonal branch, 1 cm apart from ...
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Recurrent Syncope Attributed to Left Main Coronary Artery Severe Stenosis
... ACS is mainly characterized by acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris which usually manifest as chest pain or distress, shortness of breath, or radiating pain such as pharyngalgia or toothache. But ACS ...
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Unexpected normal left ventricular systolic function after total chronic occlusion of left main coronary artery and stenosis of right coronary artery: a case report and review of the literature
... after coronary angiogram to surgery for elective on-pump ...thoracic artery (RITA) was anastomosed to left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to make composite “LITA-RITA-Y” graft ...diagonal ...
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Angiographically borderline left main coronary artery lesions: correlation of transthoracic doppler echocardiography and intravascular ultrasound: a pilot study
... the coronary stenosis and other rheological and haemodynamic factors, of which abnormality of the microcirculation may falsely increase the value of PDV, potentially disturbing its ...
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Assessment of Left Main Coronary Stenosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography
... unfavorable. Left ventricular function was the most important determinant of survival after LMCA ...unprotected left main trunk intervention multicenter Assessment ...good left ventricular ...
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A Missed Malignant Right Coronary Artery Anomaly Detected Post-Cardiac Event in an Adult Patient
... percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary angiography identified a RCA arising from the left coronary cusp superior to the origin of the left main coronary ...
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Compression of Left Main Coronary Artery in Patients with Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm and Pulmonary Hypertension
... [1] Gallego, P., Rodriguez-Puras, M.J., Serrano-Gotarredona, P., Valverde, I., Manso, B., Gonzalez-Calle, A., et al. (2018) Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Pul- monary Artery Aneurysms in Adults with ...
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Urgent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Due to Multi- Vessel Coronary Aneurysm
... Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a dilation of more than ...coronary artery. The incidence of CAA is highest in the right coronary artery (RCA); left ...
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