Outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction with unprotected left main coronary artery occlusion

Abstract

Despite performance of primary PCI, patients with AMI due to LMCA occlusion were associated with >50% in-hospital mortality. Hemodynamic deficit upon arrival was the major determinant of their poor hospital outcomes. The hospital survivors, however, were associated with favorable long-term outcomes.