Vojnosanitetski pregled 2012 Volume 69, Issue 6, Pages: 517-521
https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP1206517S
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Life-saving percutaneous coronary interventions on the unprotected left main coronary artery in patients with acute coronary syndrome in the catheterization laboratory without cardiosurgical back-up
Šalinger-Martinović Sonja (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Perišić Zoran (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Weber Michael (Kerckhoff-Klinik Herz und Thorax Zentrum Abteilung für Kardiologie, Bad Nauheim, Germany)
Apostolović Svetlana (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Živković Milan (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Damjanović Miodrag (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Božinović Nenad (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Kostić Tomislav (Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center Niš, Niš)
Introduction. The optimal revascularization strategy for unprotected left
main coronary disease (ULMCD) is the subject of ongoing debate and patients
with ULMCD still represent a challenge for interventionalist, especially in
the setting of an acute coronary syndome (ACS). Case report. We presented two
cases of percutaneous treatment of ULMCD in the settings of ACS (ST Segment
Myocardial Infarction and Non ST Segment Myocardial Infarction - STEMI and
NSTEMI) in a catheterization laboratory without back-up of cardiosurgical
department. Both patients were hemodynamically unstable with clinical signs
of cardiogenic shock. Coronary angiography revealed left main thromobosis and
using intra-aortic balloon pump as hemodynamic support primary angioplasty
procedures were performed. Immediately after the procedures the patients
hemodynamically improved and remained stable till discharge from hospital.
Conclusion. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become the most
common strategy of revascularization in ACS patients with ULMCD and is
generally preferred in patients with multiple comorbidities and/or in very
unstable patients. In cases with no cardiosurgical departments PCI is an
inevitable, bail-out, life saving procedure.
Keywords: coronary disease, myocardial infarction, angioplasty, balloon, stents