-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Patients with complete occlusion of the left main coronary artery are candidates for massive myocardial infarction and sudden death and are thought to have a uniformly poor prognosis. Complete occlusion of the left main coronary artery was identified in 2 male patients among 2,546 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization over a period of 14.5 years in our institution. Both patients had angina pectoris. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was markedly elevated in one, and the ejection fraction was moderately to markedly reduced in both. Significant collateral flow to the left coronary system from the right coronary artery was present in both patients. Our study supports previous reports that left main coronary artery occlusion is rarely encountered during cardiac catheterization.
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
January 2013,
Pakistan journal of medical sciences,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
January 2009,
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
January 1974,
Cardiovascular diseases,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
April 1989,
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
September 2011,
Acute cardiac care,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
July 1979,
American heart journal,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
June 2004,
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
January 2009,
Revista espanola de cardiologia,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
January 2009,
Cardiology journal,
M Anastasiou-Nana, and
J N Nanas, and
R B Sutton, and
T J Tsagaris
August 1999,
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego,
