STENTING OF THE LEFT MAIN CORONARY-ARTERY IN THE SETTING OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
ALSAADON K HIGGINSON LAJ BEANLANDS DS WALLEY VM
Citation
K. Alsaadon et al., STENTING OF THE LEFT MAIN CORONARY-ARTERY IN THE SETTING OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Canadian journal of cardiology, 13(7), 1997, pp. 681-684
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Canadian journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0828282X
Volume
13
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
681 - 684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0828-282X(1997)13:7<681:SOTLMC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Coronary artery bypass grafting is the treatment of choice for signifi cant left main coronary artery disease. A patient with an occluded lef t main coronary artery in the setting of myocardial infarction, who wa s given streptokinase and subsequently managed with intracoronary sten ting, is reported.