title: Acute left main coronary artery occlusion.
abstract: The treatment of an acute left main coronary artery occlusion still poses a challenge. In this case report we present a 50-year-old patient with an acute occlusion of the left main artery. After a successful angioplasty without "stenting" due to the complexity of the stenosis the patient underwent a successful bypass surgery. We discuss the therapeutic options of acute left main occlusion regarding medical, interventional and surgical options.
authors.affiliation: K. Mehmet Burgazli, Wuppertal Research and Medical Center, Department of Innere Medizin, Angiology Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: K Mehmet
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Burgazli
authors.affiliation: Mehmet Bilgin, Department of Radiology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.affiliation: Nedim Soydan, University Clinic of Giessen, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Angiology, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Nedim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soydan
authors.affiliation: Ridvan Chasan , University Clinic of Giessen, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Angiology, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ridvan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chasan
authors.affiliation: Ali Erdogan, University Clinic of Giessen, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Angiology, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdogan
keywords: Acute left main occlusion; Bypass surgery; Percutaneous coronary angioplasty