Endovascular stenting of an unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in a heart transplant patient.
Endoluminal revascularizaion of left main coronary artery vessels is considered to be relatively contraindicated because of a high procedural mortality and restenosis rate. This report describes the first successful case of endovascular stenting in an unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in a heart transplant patient.
Weston
M W
MW
LifeLink Transplant Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Spoto
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Aranda
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J
Sears
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D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D015607:Stents; D014463:Ultrasonography