A case of mild-to-intermediate left-main lesion with high-risk plaque features: "Blindness of physiology" for PCI guidance?
Arif Al-NooryaniWael AboushokkaZlatko MehmedbegovicBranko BeleslinPublished in: Clinical case reports (2020)
In patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome without ST elevation, both FFR and OCT imaging may be necessary to adequately interrogate patients with intermediate and ambiguous left-main coronary stenosis.
Keyphrases
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- high resolution
- coronary artery
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- diabetic retinopathy
- photodynamic therapy
- fluorescence imaging