Left main coronary revascularization

Left main coronary revascularization / Bernardo Cortese, editor.

This book comprehensively reviews LM revascularization, one of the most technically challenging and prognostically relevant topics for cardiologists. LM carries blood to 70-80% of the normal heart, and diseases affecting this coronary segment are a common cardiac condition. Beginning in the sixties,...

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Other Authors: Cortese, Bernardo, M.D (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Subjects:
Coronary artery bypass.
Myocardial revascularization.
Coronary artery bypass
Myocardial revascularization
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Historical background of left main stem revascularization
  • 2 Anatomical and pathophysiological considerations on the left main coronary artery
  • 3 CABG vs. PCI for left main revascularization
  • 4 CABG should be the first option for left main disease- a surgical perspective
  • 5 Now, PCI should be the first option for left main disease- an interventional cardiologist's perspective
  • 6 Which device for left main PCI? A description of available devices
  • 7 Which interventional technique for left main PCI
  • 8 Which surgical technique for left main coronary artery bypass?
  • 9 Preoperative and postoperative IVUS assessment of the left main
  • 10 Preoperative functional assessment of the left main and postoperative side branch evaluation
  • 11 Is there a role for OCT for left main assessment before and after PCI?
  • 12 The role of intravascular imaging for intraprocedural and post-procedural evaluation of the left main undergone PCI
  • 13 Follow up of left main patients treated with PCI or CABG.

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