Stenting of the left main coronary artery in the setting of acute myocardial infarction.
Coronary artery bypass grafting is the treatment of choice for significant left main coronary artery disease. A patient with an occluded left main coronary artery in the setting of myocardial infarction, who was given streptokinase and subsequently managed with intracoronary stenting, is reported.
al-Saadon
K
K
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario.
Higginson
L A
LA
Beanlands
D S
DS
Walley
V M
VM
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013300:Streptokinase