Should the left main be covered entirely with drug-eluting stents in percutaneous intervention
Lozano, Iñigo.; Avanzas, P.; Moris, C.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology 18(11): E276-E278
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1042-3931 PMID: 17090829 Document Number: 599804
Restenosis after percutaneous intervention in the left main coronary artery may present as sudden cardiac death. Although drug-eluting stents have demonstrated promising results, there remains the question about appropriate length of the left main artery to be covered with the stent. We describe a patient who received two drug-eluting stents with the balloon crushing technique in the distal left main coronary artery. Three months later, this patient presented with a new lesion in the segment of the left main artery not covered with stent, but instead at the site where the balloon was inflated in the initial procedure.