Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for ostial stenosis of the left coronary artery.
10.3349/ymj.1995.36.5.462
- Author:
Hae Yong LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Takayasu's arteritis;
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty;
coronary artery stenosis
- MeSH:
*Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary;
Case Report;
Child;
Constriction, Pathologic/etiology/therapy;
Coronary Disease/etiology/*therapy;
Female;
Human;
Takayasu's Arteritis/complications
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1995;36(5):462-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
A 11-year-old girl developed left main coronary artery osteal stenosis after Takayasu's arteritis for which she underwent Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). The narrowing of the left coronary artery was successfully dilated by angioplasty without apparent complication. This one suggests that PTCA may have a potential advantage as a temporary method to postpone the aortocoronary bypass surgery in a child with coronary artery stenosis due to Takayasu's arteritis.
