Population
42 patients with high grade obstruction of the left main coronary artery (LMCA)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
perioperative / hospital stay
Authors
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Early direct coronary surgery carried notable perioperative risks in left main disease; leaves open how outcomes have evolved with contemporary techniques.
Early surgical experience with direct coronary artery surgery for left main coronary artery obstruction demonstrated a 9.6% hospital mortality and 7% perioperative infarction rate, with the vast majority of patients having concurrent multivessel disease.
Gale et al. (1977) studied this question.
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