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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">111</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Interventional Cardiology Forum</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">ICF</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2738-8972</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>BulSIC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/icf.1.e76246</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">76246</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Original Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Coronary Interventions (Коронарни интервенции)</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Percutaneous coronary interventions of unprotected left main stenosis</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Zheleva-Kyuchukova</surname>
            <given-names>Ivayla</given-names>
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          <email xlink:type="simple">iva.jeleva@gmail.com</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4644-3531</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Gelev</surname>
            <given-names>Valeri</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Acibadem City Clinic  UMBAL Tokuda, Sofia, Bulgaria</addr-line>
        <institution>Acibadem City Clinic  UMBAL Tokuda</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Sofia</addr-line>
        <country>Bulgaria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Ivayla Zheleva-Kyuchukova (<email xlink:type="simple">iva.jeleva@gmail.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Plamen Gatzov</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2021</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>17</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2021</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <fpage>25</fpage>
      <lpage>35</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/CAE291C2-417A-5F15-9672-7FED08708E14">CAE291C2-417A-5F15-9672-7FED08708E14</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5804063">5804063</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>09</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2021</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>02</day>
          <month>12</month>
          <year>2021</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Ivayla Zheleva-Kyuchukova, Valeri Gelev</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Significant stenosis of the trunk of the left coronary artery (LCA) or left main (LM) stenosis is a serious injury that puts a large myocardial area at risk, being found in 4-9% of patients referred for selective coronary angiography. Revascularization in patients with severe left main stenosis significantly improves their prognosis, with bypass surgery being the standard of care. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has proven to be an effective and safe alternative, especially in patients with less complex lesions or unsuitable for surgery. <bold>The aim </bold>of this article is to review the topic and to analyze the frequency of adverse cardiovascular events in a two-year follow-up of patients with PCI of unprotected LM stenosis from real practice. <bold>Material and methods: </bold>Since March 2013, all patients with an interventional procedure for LM stenosis in the Cardiology Clinic of Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital are included in a register. For the period from 06.2013 to 06.2018, 209 PCIs of LM lesions were performed, and in the present study a series of 136 consecutive patients with PCIs of unprotected LM stenosis were analyzed. The mean Syntax Score (SS) of the study group was 26.3 ± 10.09 (11-58.5) with a median of 24.00. The mean Euro Score is 2.61 ± 4.19 (0.50-34.42) with a median of 1.22. Maximum revascularization was achieved in all subjects, and patients with STEMI and/or cardiogenic shock, previous LM PCI and protected LM PCI were excluded from the analysis. Patients were followed for 2 years for the combined indicator of adverse cardiovascular events, which included death from any cause (so-called overall mortality), cardiac mortality, stroke and revascularization. <bold>Results: </bold>22 adverse events were registered (16.2%). The overall mortality was 9.6%, cardiac death – 8.8%, stroke – 0.7% and restenosis and revascularization – 8.1%. <bold>Conclusion: </bold>PCI of LM stenosis in patients from real clinical practice and achieving maximum revascularization is a procedure with minimal risks and favorable follow-up results, and the operator‘s experience and the capabilities of the respective medical institution to conduct such complex interventions are important.</p>
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