Very interesting case. My way to go for STEMI with totally occluded LAD is the LAO 90°/0° view. Works in almost 95% of the cases to find the right direction of the LAD and one of the best view for making sure I am not in a septal or in a diagonal! The radiation dose is the biggest disadvantage for this angulation tho
Of course an LAO cranial would be the way to differentiate between LAD and Diagnoals (LAD being the "left-most" straight down to 6 o´clock vessel). Not sure why one would work in this odd projection with lots of overlay.
Excellent final result!! But I think that, particularlly in this case, a LV angiogram prior to PCI could give us some additional information. It seemed to be a large anterior aneurysm in last angiography, maybe no viable myocardium in this wall
Very interesting case. My way to go for STEMI with totally occluded LAD is the LAO 90°/0° view. Works in almost 95% of the cases to find the right direction of the LAD and one of the best view for making sure I am not in a septal or in a diagonal! The radiation dose is the biggest disadvantage for this angulation tho
Thank you!
Of course an LAO cranial would be the way to differentiate between LAD and Diagnoals (LAD being the "left-most" straight down to 6 o´clock vessel). Not sure why one would work in this odd projection with lots of overlay.
Thank you, it's very educational
An interesting case (video) for angioplasty CTO in (irancardiology)
Excellent final result!! But I think that, particularlly in this case, a LV angiogram prior to PCI could give us some additional information. It seemed to be a large anterior aneurysm in last angiography, maybe no viable myocardium in this wall
An interesting case (video) for angioplasty CTO in (irancardiology)
Can it be that the diagonal branch is occluded in the end? Have you tried to wire that branch?