Acute coronary syndrome due to extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension: successful treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Lindsey, Jason B ^a   Brilakis, Emmanouil S ^a,b   Banerjee, Subhash ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery stenting; Left main coronary stenosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BOSENTAN; CLOPIDOGREL; HIRULOG; PACLITAXEL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PACLITAXEL ELUTING STENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 38149083962     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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