Immediate and long-term results of elective and emergent percutaneous interventions on protected and unprotected severely narrowed left main coronaryarteries

Authors
Keeley, EC Aliabadi, D O'neill, WW Safian, RD
Citation
Ec. Keeley et al., Immediate and long-term results of elective and emergent percutaneous interventions on protected and unprotected severely narrowed left main coronaryarteries, AM J CARD, 83(2), 1999, pp. 242
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(19990115)83:2<242:IALROE>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Percutaneous revascularization of protected and unprotected left main coron ary arteries is associated with acceptable immediate results, but there are significant long-term consequences, including the need for repeat percutan eous intervention (10%), myocardial infarction (7.5%), coronary artery bypa ss surgery (7%), and death (38%), despite the elective or emergent nature o f the procedure.