Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2010, PT PRESENTED TO AN OUTLYING FACILITY WITH AN MI, A VERIFLEX 3.0X20 STENT WAS PLACED IN THE PROXIMAL CIRCUMFLEX. ON (B)(6) 2010, PT PRESENTED TO SAME OUTLYING FACILITY WITH A STEMI, AND SUBACUTE THROMBOSIS OF THAT PREVIOUSLY PLACED STENT. TREATED WITH ANGIOPLASTY AND THROMBECTOMY. ON (B)(6) 2010, PT PRESENTS TO OUR FACILITY WITH A NON-STEMI. HE HAD REPORTEDLY STOPPED HIS EFFIENT 1-2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS ADMISSION. FILMS REVEAL A DOMINANT CIRCUMFLEX TOTALLY OCCLUDED PROXIMALLY AT SITE OF PREVIOUSLY PLACED STENT. THROMBECTOMY PERFORMED REMOVING LARGE AMOUNT OF CLOT. A 3.0X15 NC QUANTUM APEX INFLATED FOUR TIMES. FLOW MARKEDLY IMPROVED, BUT WITH 50% RESIDUAL STENOSIS. FILMS DISCUSSED WITH SURGEON. BYPASS FELT TO BE BEST OPTION CONSIDERING 3 MI'S SINCE (B)(6) 2010, AND NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MEDICATIONS TWICE RESULTING IN SUBACUTE THROMBOSIS. PT TO CAB LATER THAT SAME DAY. REST OF ADMISSION UNEVENTFUL, DISCHARGED (B)(6) 2010.