Description of Event or Problem · 1
DURING THE INDEX PROCEDURE THE PT WAS NOTED TO HAVE A HEMODYNAMICALLY NON SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED SMALL WIRE PERFORATION OF THE RV MARGINAL BRANCH. TWO DAYS LATER A "RE-LOOK" CATH WAS DONE. THERE WAS NO STENOSIS PRESENT AND THE PERFORATION, NOTICED TWO DAYS PRIOR, WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. THIS PT PRESENTED TO THE CATH LAB WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA, 60% LV EJECTION FRACTION AND 2-VESSEL DISEASE IN THE CIRCUMFLEX AND RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY (RCA). PRE-PROCEDURE MEDICATIONS INCLUDED ASA AND STATINS. INTRA-PROCEDURE MEDICATIONS INCLUDED GP IIB/IIIA INHIBITORS, UNFRACTIONED HEPARIN, INTEGRILLIN AND PLAVIX (300MG). PCI WAS PERFORMED ON A 90% DE NOVO, CALCIFIED LESION IN THE 2ND OBTUSE MARGINAL OF A BIFURCATED 2.5MM DIAMETER VESSEL. THE LESION WAS PRE-DILATED BEFORE DEPLOYING A 2.5 X 12MM TAXUS STENT.