Chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 Jan;9(1):94-6. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32801105df.

Abstract

Total chronic occlusion of the left main coronary artery is a rare angiographic finding in a catheterization laboratory and its treatment rarely is reported. We describe a patient with angiographic findings of chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery with left coronary circulation collateralized from the right coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods
  • Coronary Circulation / physiology
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Severity of Illness Index