title: Endovascular stenting of an unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in a heart transplant patient.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: LifeLink Transplant Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Spoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sears
mesh_terms: 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