title: [Surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery. State of the art and initial experience].
abstract: Surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery has been previously performed in a small number of centres. We present our initial experience with this surgical technique in three consecutive cases. There were no deaths or myocardial infarcts. One patient had a stroke. Surgical angioplasty of the left main coronary artery can be performed in a reliable and predictable way in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica, Hospital de S João, Porto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mário Jorge
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Amorim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged