One-year follow-up after intravascular ultrasound assessment of moderate left main coronary artery disease in patients with ambiguous angiograms
Abizaid A, Mintz G, Abizaid A, Mehran R, Lansky A, Pichard A, Satler L, Wu H, Kent K, Leon M. One-year follow-up after intravascular ultrasound assessment of moderate left main coronary artery disease in patients with ambiguous angiograms. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1999, 34: 707-715. PMID: 10483951, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00261-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimum lumen diameterMain coronary artery diseaseCoronary artery diseaseLMCA diseaseCardiac eventsArtery diseaseLeft main coronary artery diseaseLumen diameterOne-year event ratesPoor long-term prognosisEvent ratesLesion lumen areaSignificant LMCA diseaseUnderwent bypass surgeryPresence of diabetesIntravascular ultrasound findingsLong-term prognosisCatheter-based interventionsIntravascular ultrasound assessmentLogistic regression analysisImportant quantitative predictorLMCA interventionCoronary eventsLMCA stenosisBypass surgery