High-risk left main coronary stenting supported by percutaneous left ventricular assist device

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005 Oct;66(2):209-12. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20466.

Abstract

Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices could nowadays offer a valid support to percutaneous coronary interventions even in very high risk patients. This case illustrates a successful distal left main coronary artery V-stenting supported by the Tandem Heart in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction, severe aortic stenosis, and refractory myocardial ischemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy*