Surgical Management for Acute Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: A Case Series

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B.K. Geetha C.N. Manjunath H. S. Natraj Setty Jayashree Kharge P.C. Raghavendra Rahul Patil Santhosh Jadav Stawik Raj T.R. Raghu

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H. S. Natraj Setty
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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There is growing global attention concerning the short and long term prognosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Significant left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease occurs in 5%-7% of patients undergoing coronary angiography, which is associated with a worse prognosis. We report a series of 3 patients presenting with LMCA disease out of which one patient successfully underwent CABG, and two patients managed with optimal medical therapy.

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Case Series

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Received: Thu 19, Mar 2020
Accepted: Thu 09, Apr 2020
Published: Mon 13, Apr 2020

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© 2023 H. S. Natraj Setty. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.HCS.2020.01.02