ReviewReviews in cardiovascular medicine2023
Imaging of Left Main Coronary Artery; Untangling the Gordian Knot.
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- Left main coronary artery stenosis assessment on coronary CT angiography.European journal of radiology open · 2026Article
- Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography as a Gatekeeper for Invasive Coronary Assessment Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- OCT-Guided Distal Left Main Bifurcation PCI: Mid-Term Outcomes From a Multicenter South-Asian Registry.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2026Observational
- When Functional Assessment Meets Intravascular Imaging in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Unlocking the Secrets of Acute Coronary Syndromes Using Intravascular Imaging: From Pathophysiology to Improving Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Efficacy and Safety of Thirty-Day Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy Following Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2024Review
- Automatic assessment of atherosclerotic plaque features by intracoronary imaging: a scoping review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Cancer; Balancing between Ischemic and Bleeding Risk: A Narrative Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Review
- Thirty-Days versus Longer Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Treatment after Percutaneous Coronary Interventions with Newer Drug-Eluting Stents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Left Main Coronary Artery (LMCA) disease is considered a standout manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD), because it is accompanied by the highest mortality. Increased mortality is expected, because LMCA is responsible for supplying up to 80% of total blood flow to the left ventricle in a right-dominant coronary system. Due to the significant progress of biomedical technology, the modern drug-eluting stents have remarkably improved the prognosis of patients with LMCA disease treated invasively. In fact, numerous randomized trials provided similar results in one- and five-year survival of patients treated with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) -guided with optimal imaging and coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). However, interventional treatment requires optimal imaging of the LMCA disease, such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The aim of this manuscript is to review the main pathophysiological characteristics, to present the imaging techniques of LMCA, and, last, to discuss the future directions in the depiction of LMCA disease.
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