Waser M, Meier B
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
J Interv Cardiol. 1995 Dec;8(6):639-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00913.x.
The protected left main coronary artery (LM) is accessible to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), and the procedure is usually performed with large size catheter systems. This report describes a successful PTCA of a partially protected LM through a 5Fr diagnostic catheter system in a patient with previous coronary artery bypass grafting. Such an approach is time- and cost-efficient when combined with the diagnostic study.
