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Total Occlusion of Left Main Coronary Artery Without Angina Pectoris
Nicholas L. DePace, MD;
Demetrios Kimbiris, MD;
Abdulmassih S. Iskandrian, MD;
Charles E. Bemis, MD;
Bernard L. Segal, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1983;143(5):1064-1065.
Abstract
• A patient had total occlusion of the left main coronary artery that was proved by coronary arteriography. The patient was initially seen with clinical signs of congestive heart failure but without symptoms of angina pectoris or ECG evidence of myocardial infarction. The patient's extensive right-to-left coronary artery collaterals may have contributed to the absence of chest pain. Because of the severe left ventricular dysfunction and the absence of chest pain, the patient was treated with medical therapy. Six months after the cardiac catheterization, he was alive and well under New York Heart Association functional classification II.
(Arch Intern Med 1983;143:1064-1065)
Author Affiliations
From the Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 18, 1982.
Reprint requests to Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hahnemann University, 230 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (Dr Kimbiris).
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