Complex left main stem interventions

With the collaboration of the Working group on Interventional Cardiology, Iraqi Cardiothoracic Society, the Pakistan Society of Interventional Cardiology and the Working Group on Invasive and Interventional Cardiology, Slovak Society of Cardiology

Chairpersons: T. Alkinani, F. Kovar, A. Raza
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Summary

Consult this session to learn more about how left main stem disease is treated in highly complex situations, such as trifurcate distal left main stem disease and ostial left anterior descending CTO, a left main stem PCI on a 100-year-old man, and more!

Learning Objectives

  • To appreciate the way left main stem disease is treated in highly complex situations
  • To be acquainted with some ways to treat complex left main stem disease in the presence of hemodynamic instability
  • To realize the different modalities of approaching complex left main stem disease in various situations

Presentations available when logged in:

  • Session objectives
  • Trifurcate distal left main stem disease and ostial left anterior descending CTO
  • Key learnings
  • Stuck between a rock and hard place: calcified vessels and bifurcation left main PCI
  • Treatment of left main occlusion in highly symptomatic patient
  • Key learnings
  • Complex left main stem intervention in a patient with a high Syntax score declining surgery
  • Key learnings
  • It is never too late and you are never too old: a 100-year-old man and his challenging, yet satisfying left main stem PCI. A real CHIP
  • ECMO-assisted left main PCI in patient with cardiogenic shock
  • Key learnings
  • Session evaluation and key learnings