title: Retrograde left main stenting.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of protected left main coronary artery stenosis is usually performed by an antegrade approach. In this case report, we describe left main coronary artery stenting by a retrograde approach through a saphenous venous graft in a patient in whom the antegrade approach was considered less appropriate due to chronic ostial occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Centre Cardiovasculaire, Polyclinique Les Alpilles, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Roquebert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barragan
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Comet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents