文摘
Survival of acute total occlusion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) is rare. The majority of these patients die suddenly due to extensive acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock and arrhythmias. Early recognition of symptoms and accurate detection of myocardial infarction, prompt percutaneous coronary intervention, shock treatment with intra-aortic balloon pump and early emergency coronary artery bypass grafting led to survival of a young male patient with acute occlusion of the left main artery in our case.