title: Successful treatment of cardiogenic shock by stenting of the left main coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) are sometimes severely hemodynamicly compromised. Urgent coronary angiography should be performed in these patients in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) centers according to the ESC NSTE-ACS guidelines to determine suitabilty for percutaneous or surgical revascularization.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reported a 62-year-old male with chest pain admitted to the Coronary Care Unit. ST segment depression of 2 mm in leads I, L and V4-6 was revealed at electrocardiogram. After following 6 hours the patient had chest pain and signs of cardiogenic shock despite of the therapy. Chest xray showed pulmonary edema. Echocardiographic examination showed dyskinetic medium and apical segments of septum. The patient underwent coronary angiography immediately which revealed 75% stenosis of the left main coronary artery with thrombus. The use of a GPIIb/III inhibitor-tirofiban and stent implantation resulted in TIMI III flow. After that the patient had no chest pain and acute heart failure subsided in the following days Echocardiography done at the fourth day from PCI showed only hypokinesis medium and apical segment of septum. The patient was discharged at day 11 from admission in a stable condition.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stenting of left main coronary artery stenosis in patients with cardiogenic shock and non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes may be a life saving procedure.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Center of Montenegro, Center of Cardiology, Podgorica, Montenegro. cicacg@cg.yu
authors.forename: Bozidarka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knezević
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikolić
authors.forename: Sinisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dragnić
authors.forename: Ljilja
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Musić
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosković
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D000077466:Tirofiban; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D014443:Tyrosine; D000077466:Tirofiban