## Abstract Background: Patients who present with myocardial infarction (MI) and unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease represent an extremely highβrisk subset of patients. ULMCA percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drugβeluting stents (DES) in MI patients has not been exten
Left main intervention in myocardial infarction
β Scribed by Marco T. Castagna; Mauricio Cavalieri Machado; Jordan Vieira de Oliveira
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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