[Immediate and remote results of stenting of left coronary artery trunk in patients with ischemic heart disease].

The aim of this investigation was assessment of efficacy of stenting in patients with ischemic heart disease with lesions of left coronary artery (LCA) trunk. In the A.N.

Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery.

Chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) is rare. Recently, percutaneous coronary intervention has been increasingly applied to unprotected LMCA lesions. We describe a patient with chronic total occlusion of the LMCA who was successfully treated with bifurcation stenting with sirolimus-eluting stents.

[Characteristics of coronary artery lesions in patients with painless myocardial ischemia].

Aim: To assess extent and localization of coronary artery lesions in patients with painless myocardial ischemia.

Material And Methods: Tredmill stress-echocardiograghy, Holter ECG monitoring and coronary angiography were carried out in 59 male patients (age 30-72, mean 54.5 years) with either angina pectoris or painless ischemia.