[Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient after percutaneous left main angioplasty with DES stent implantation]

Kardiol Pol. 2007 Jul;65(7):817-9; discussion 820-1.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We present surgical treatment of acute coronary syndrome due to the left main stenosis in a patient in whom 6 months earlier percutaneous left main angioplasty with DES-stent implantation was performed. We discuss indications for percutaneous angioplasty and for coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with left main stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / surgery
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / therapy*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged