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Successful coronary stent implantation using directional coronary atherectomy without side branch occlusion
Tomohiro Kawaguchi1, Kosuke Seiyama1, Masayuki Doi1
1Department of Cardiology Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital Takamatsu Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|February 27, 2023
Abstract:
Percutaneous coronary intervention with a drug-eluting stent was successfully performed without a side branch (SB) occlusion. In this case, a directional coronary atherectomy catheter played an important role in modifying the plaque at the proximal left anterior descending artery and in crossing a wire to the jeopardized SB.
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