title: Stenting of an unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in a cardiac transplant patient.
abstract: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy is the leading cause of death in cardiac transplant patients who survive the first year. Retransplantation is limited by shortage of donors and reduced survival rates compared with the initial transplant. Recent reports of successful stenting in these patients may offer some hope, although randomized trials are lacking. Successful stenting of an 'unprotected' left main coronary artery stenosis under cardiopulmonary support is presented in a cardiac transplant patient. A 16-month follow-up angiogram demonstrated a patent stent without restenosis and no interim clinical events.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Le May
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labinaz
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents