Complex Coronary Intervention in Elderly Patients with Post Open Heart Surgery Status with Calcified Coronaries
Zakia A. Khan *
Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital Shill Rd, Bhanunagar Kalyan(West), Bail Bazar, Bhoiwada, Kalyan, Maharashtra 421301, India.
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Abstract
Elderly patients pose a big challenge for coronary revascularization due to complex lesions, multiple comorbidities. We report a case PCI in a78-year-old female with prior open-heart surgery and coronary angiogram showing severe calcific diseased vessels using new plaque modification technique, Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). The patient is on routine follow-up, and she is stable and asymptomatic at nine months follow-up.
Keywords: Coronary intervention, heart surgery, coronary artery calcification