title: Survival from acute occlusion of the left main coronary artery with preexisting collateral vessels--a case report.
abstract: A thirty-two-year-old man suffered from evolving acute myocardial infarction caused by total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, which was 95% stenosed before the onset. Nevertheless, he had a good clinical course. The myocardium may have been protected by well-developed preexisting collateral vessels as evidenced by serial coronary angiograms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morooka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takabatake
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery