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Rota Ablation – When There Is No Other Option. A Complex Case Of 86 Years Old Male With Multiple Comorbids Presenting With Stemi, Tooba Sahar, Asaad Akbar Khan, Taha Abdul Rehman, Danish Iltaf Satti
Rota Ablation – When There Is No Other Option. A Complex Case Of 86 Years Old Male With Multiple Comorbids Presenting With Stemi, Tooba Sahar, Asaad Akbar Khan, Taha Abdul Rehman, Danish Iltaf Satti
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
The aim of this report is to explore the direct and long-term outcome in a high risk patient who was treated with rotational atherectomy (RA) to assist the placement of drug eluting stents in heavily calcified lesions. The patient presented with acute STEMI and had severely calcified Left main stem (LMS) disease, requiring plaque modification before coronary angioplasty and stent implantation. As the patient was elderly, with multiple comorbids including a number of coronary interventions, a decision of conservative management was made. Patient then re-presented with typical chest pain and pulmonary edema. A Heart Team meeting was called and high …