Left main coronary artery stenosis after aortic valve replacement.
We describe two cases with iatrogenic left main coronary artery stenosis where a symptomatology of unstable angina appeared within three months of aortic valve replacement surgery. One patient was treated with aortocoronary bypass and the other with angioplasty and stenting.
Hadjimiltiades
Stavros
S
lst Cardiology Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. stavros@mail.otenet.gr
Harokopos
Nikolaos
N
Papadopoulos
Christoforos
C
Gourassas
Ioannis
I
Spanos
Panagiotis
P
Louridas
Georgios
G
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents