Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Xiaohui Zhao
Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Xinqiao Hospital,
Chongqing 400037
China
Case Report
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Acute Left Main Occlusion
Author(s): Yuzhou, Gang Zhao, Yaoming Song, Jun Jin, Xiaohui Zhao and Lan HuangYuzhou, Gang Zhao, Yaoming Song, Jun Jin, Xiaohui Zhao and Lan Huang
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) due to left main coronary artery occlusion in the absence of collateral circulation is extremely rare, but carries a very high mortality rate. Survival is dependent on the dominant right coronary artery, collateral blood flow to the left coronary artery and rapid revascularization.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000230