Is it time for elective left main percutaneous coronary intervention to become 'main stream'?

查看全文 作　　者：Joshua [1]Cohen;Andrew [1]D.Michaels 机构地区：[1]Division of Cardiology University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124, USA 出　　处：《Journal of Geriatric Cardiology》索引2006年第3卷第1期,共2页 摘　　要：Left main (LM) stenting is considered by many to be one of the last frontiers of interventional cardiology. Beginning with the VA cooperative study published in 1976 demonstrating a mortality benefit for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), i the standard of care for treatment of left main coronary artery disease has been surgical.The most recent 2005 update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI Practice Guidelines on PCI 2 again notes that 'CABG using IMA grafting is the 'gold standard' for treatment of unprotected left main disease and has proven benefit on long-term outcomes.'…… 关 键 词：left IVUS Is it time for elective left main percutaneous coronary intervention to become main stream TIME