Left Main Disease: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)? That is the Question

Authors

  • Nassos Manginas Mediterraneo Hospital, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v9i1%20Sup.656

Keywords:

percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary bypass graft, left main

Abstract

Left main (LM) coronary artery disease, arbitrarily defined as >50% diameter stenosis of the LM coronary artery, has long been a topic of intense diagnostic and therapeutic investigation, due to its poor prognosis. As the majority of the left ventricular myocardium is supplied by the LM stem, any ischemic insult may lead to hemodynamic compromise, significant ventricular arrhythmias or death.

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Published

2014-05-29

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 Sup (2014): ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

Section

ATHENS CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2014

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