Emergency percutaneous coronary interventions for unprotected left main stenoses: immediate and long term follow up

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 90; no. 9; pp. 1067 - 1068
• Main Authors: Brueren, B R G, Ernst, J M P G, Suttorp, M J, ten Berg, J M, Rensing, B J W M, Mast, E G, Bal, E T, Six, A J, Plokker, H W M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.09.2004; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; Copyright 2004 by Heart
• Subjects: acute myocardial infarction; Aged; AMI; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods; Biological and medical sciences; CABG; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular disease; coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary Stenosis - therapy; Coronary vessels; Emergencies; Emergency Treatment - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart attacks; Humans; Intervention; Laboratories; left main coronary artery; LMCA; Male; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Mortality; PCI; percutaneous coronary intervention; Scientific Letters; Surgery; Left; Angioplasty; Follow up study; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; Circulatory system; Emergency; Cardiology; Long term; Phlebology
• ISSN: 1355-6037; 1468-201X
• DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.021378

Emergency catheter interventions may result in an immediate restoration of haemodynamics, thus potentially saving lives. Since PCI has been accepted as a standard treatment for AMI, 1, 2 experience with emergency PCI for the unprotected LMCA is growing. 3- 5 Most publications on this matter concern small subgroups from larger cohorts of patients undergoing PCI. [...]the lives of 59% of the study population were saved by the procedure.