Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon

Mateusz Tajstra; Mariusz Gąsior; Marian Zembala; Lech Poloński

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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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abstract:

Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon

Mateusz Tajstra

,

Mariusz Gąsior

,

Marian Zembala

,

Lech Poloński

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2011; 4: 450–456

Online publish date: 2011/12/28

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AMA

Tajstra M, Gąsior M, Zembala M, Poloński L. Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2011;8(4):450-456.

APA

Tajstra, M., Gąsior, M., Zembala, M.,  & Poloński, L. (2011). Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 8(4), 450-456.

Chicago

Tajstra, Mateusz, Mariusz Gąsior, Marian Zembala,  and Lech Poloński. 2011. "Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 8 (4): 450-456.

Harvard

Tajstra, M., Gąsior, M., Zembala, M.,  and Poloński, L. (2011). Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 8(4), pp.450-456.

MLA

Tajstra, Mateusz et al. "Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 8, no. 4, 2011, pp. 450-456.

Vancouver

Tajstra M, Gąsior M, Zembala M, Poloński L. Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as 
a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2011;8(4):450-456.

Left main coronary artery stenosis involves a variety of clinical situations, with frequent underestimation of the degree of stenosis, the absence of specific clinical manifestations, difficult decisions and, above all, a very high mortality risk and an unfavourable long-term prognosis. The optimal coronary revascularization strategy in patients with unprotected left main coronary disease (ULMCD) still remains the subject of an on-

going debate. There is a paucity of reports on acute coronary syndromes (ACS) caused by ULMCD. The available literature presents mainly case studies or small observational studies and focuses on patients with myocardial infarction caused by ULM occlusion. As a result, the guidelines on coronary revascularization and ACS management in this group of high-risk patients are ambiguous and give recommendations only in the case of concomitant ULMCD.

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Acute coronary syndrome due to unprotected left main stenosis as a culprit lesion: the role of the interventional cardiologist and cardiac surgeon

Mateusz Tajstra , Mariusz Gąsior , Marian Zembala , Lech Poloński

acute coronary syndrome, unprotected left main coronary disease

Mateusz Tajstra

,

Mariusz Gąsior

,

Marian Zembala

,

Lech Poloński