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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2008;7:871-877. doi:10.1510/icvts.2008.178632 © 2008 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Acute and long-term outcome of unprotected left main coronary angioplasty compared to the anticipated surgical risk
a Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 3641 9324101; fax: +49 3641 9324102.
Objectives: Percutaneous coronary intervention of unprotected left main (ULM) stenosis is increasing despite surgical revascularisation being the recommended treatment by the current guidelines. We compared the 30-day and 9-month mortality after ULM stenting with the predicted surgical outcome as determined by the EuroSCORE. Methods and results: We included 81 consecutive patients who underwent ULM stenting. The patient cohort was divided into a normal risk group (EuroSCORE
Key Words: Left main coronary artery; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Angioplasty; Mortality; Risk stratification
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