Emergency percutaneous angioplasty of unprotected left main coronary artery in the setting of myocardial infarction: Experience of a low volume center without surgical back up

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 406-408

  Bonello, L ^a   Com, O ^a   Gil, J M ^a   Curjol, J ^a   Gelisse, R ^a   Sbragia, P ^a   Wittenberg, O ^b   Paganelli, F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Privé Beauregard   (France)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Left main coronary artery; Low volume center; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748809221     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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