title: Chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery.
abstract: We report 3 patients with chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, which is considered to be very rare. In all three cases, coronary arteriograms showed a total occlusion of the left main coronary artery with good collaterals from the intact right coronary arteries. All of the patients underwent successful coronary artery bypass surgery; two of the cases were followed up for more than 10 years after the surgery. The Japanese literature is reviewed, and a comparison of foreign and Japanese cases is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine II, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugishita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinugawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikenouchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kohmoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged