title: High-risk left main coronary stenting supported by percutaneous left ventricular assist device.
abstract: Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices could nowadays offer a valid support to percutaneous coronary interventions even in very high risk patients. This case illustrates a successful distal left main coronary artery V-stenting supported by the Tandem Heart in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction, severe aortic stenosis, and refractory myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. robert.bonvini@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Robert Francis
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bonvini
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hendiri
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camenzind
authors.forename: Vitali
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*