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Emergency coronary stenting of unprotected critical left main coronary artery stenosis in acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock
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In the setting of acute myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiogenic shock in patients with significant unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease, treatment options are limited. In this report of a patient presenting in cardiogenic shock secondary to acute MI with critical LMCA stenosis, percutaneous coronary intervention with intra-aortic balloon pump support proved life saving.
- stenting
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiogenic shock
- stenosis
- intra-aortic balloon pump
- IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump
- LMCA, left main coronary artery
- PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention
- SHOCK, should we emergently revascularize occluded coronaries for cardiogenic shock
- TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
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