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12800408

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Successful percutaneous intervention of unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) in lieu of surgical revascularization represents the next wave of challenges that the field of interventional cardiology will try to overcome. Significant LMCA stenosis, commonly secondary to atherosclerosis, is seen in about 4-10% of cases presenting to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Currently, the vast majority of these patients undergo surgical revascularization unless there are prohibitive reasons for surgical revascularization. Several challenges of percutaneous revascularization have been overcome with stents, intravascular brachytherapy, and other technical improvements. Yet, several remaining limitations of percutaneous intervention, such as in-stent restenosis, have to be improved further before randomized clinical trials of surgical and percutaneous revascularization of unprotected LMCA disease can be contemplated to establish a new standard of care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0896-4327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous intervention of unprotected left main coronary artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review