title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the left main coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is unusual in acute myocardial infarction after left main coronary artery occlusion. We applied this therapy in two cases. The first, a 54-year-old man, submitted to mechanical reperfusion and left main coronary artery angioplasty 145 minutes after the beginning of the symptoms and coronary artery surgery 12 hours later; the second, a 77-year-old woman, submitted to both procedures but not to surgery. In the first case there was a satisfactory follow-up but in the second, the patient died twelve hours later.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Napchan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tranchesi Júnior
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arie
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: De Oliveira
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellotti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pileggi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Angioplastia de tronco de coronária esquerda no infarto agudo do miocárdio.