Interventional Cardiology Live Case Study Series: A Master Class in Procedural Techniques – Case 21

A 67-year-old man with multiple risk factors for CAD presented on April 17, 2012 with new-onset CCS class III angina and a positive ETT (Duke treadmill score –10). Cardiac catheterization revealed 3-vessel and LM CAD and normal LV function; Syntax score was 31. CABG was recommended but the patient declined the procedure and underwent PCI of the subtotal mid RCA using a Promus Element DES. He is now planned for PCI of his distal LM trifurcation lesion.

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