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The clinical state and long-term prognosis of patients with ischemic heart disease strongly support the superiority of the surgical treatment in contrast to conservative measures for stenosis or occlusion of the left main coronary artery [1, 2, 11, 18, 19]. Not only the symptoms of angina pectoris could be dramatically reduced but also was the life expectancy significantly prolonged. The danger to which these patients are exposed, however, is also expressed in the increased operative risk as compared to patients with other forms of coronary artery lesions [3, 5, 13, 14, 16, 20]. In this presentation I should like to report on our results of coronary artery revascularization in patients with stenosis or occlusion of the left main coronary artery. Specific value will be given to the comprehension of risk factors which directly will effect the perioperative course.
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Oelert, H., Haverich, A., Iversen, S., Schulze, J., Hetzer, R. (1985). Bypass surgery for stenosis and occlusion of the left main coronary artery. In: Meyer, J., Erbel, R., Rupprecht, H.J. (eds) Improvement of Myocardial Perfusion. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5032-0_51
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