title: Coronary stenting of unprotected left main stem stenoses in elderly patients unsuitable for coronary surgery.
abstract: We describe five patients with severe unstable angina refractory to medical management in whom coronary angiography demonstrated a severe stenosis of the left main stem. Due to severe co-existing illnesses bypass surgery was deemed inappropriate. Angioplasty to the left main stem stenosis followed by stent deployment was performed. All five patients were successfully discharged from hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Banning
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Channon
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Ormerod
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome