Left Main Coronary Revascularization

This book comprehensively reviews LM revascularization, one of themost technically challenging and prognostically relevant topics forcardiologists. LM carries blood to 70-80% of the normal heart, anddiseases affecting this coronary segment are a common cardiac condition. Beginning in the sixties, management was exclusively within thedomain of cardiac surgeons, and recent dramatic changes in percutaneoustechniques have led to huge improvements but have alsobrought significant surgical challenges. In the book, top cardiac surgeonsdescribe current and future operative techniques, while leadinginterventional cardiologists discuss new bifurcation techniques. This bookalso investigates the recently released European Society of CardiologyGuidelines in detail. Featuring the latest scientific studies with long-term follow up, anddetailed descriptions of the techniques used, thisbook provides comprehensiveguidance for any clinician, and is a valuable resource forcardiologists, interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons andinternists. This is an open access book.