title: Left main reconstruction as an alternative method to CABG after primary PCI complication.
abstract: Left main coronary artery disease is rare, accounting for 1% of all coronary artery disease and traditionally, is treated by coronary artery bypass grafting. We report our experience and five years follow up, after a coronary osteal surgical plasty in a young man who referred to our center with an anterior myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Catheterization Laboratory, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: konlampropoulos@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lampropoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Catheterization Laboratory, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kavouras
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Evaggelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charitos
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation
keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Left main reconstruction; Percutaneous coronary intervention complication