Description of Event or Problem · 1
THIS FEMALE PATIENT WITH A PAST HISTORY OF KNOWN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE WAS ADMITTED OT THE HOSPITAL WITH A CHIEF COMPLAINT OF KNOWN LAD STENOSIS PER DIAGNOSTIC ANGIOGRAM (ONE DAY PRIOR) . THE PATIENT WAS CURRENTLY TAKING NO REPORTED MEDICATIONS. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN ELECTIVELY TO THE CARDIAC CATH LAB, WHERE ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED A DIFFUSE, LONG , CALCIFIED DE NOVE STENOSIS OF THE PROXIMAL TO MID LAD. A BOLUS OF 45.5MG UNITS OF ANGIOMAX WAS ADMINISTERED VIA IV. FOLLOWED BY A CONTINUOUS INFUSION @ 1.75 MG/KG/HR. A 7FR FL4 GUIDER AND A PT2 GUIDEWIRE WERE USED TO SUCCESFULLY ACCESS AND WIRE THE LAD. THERE WERE NO DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING OR WIRING THE VESSEL NOTED.THE PROXIMAL TO MID LAD LESION WAS PREDILATED WITH A 2.0X12MM MAVERICK BALLOON INFLATED TO 12 ATMS (X3). THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO ADVANCE A 3.0X15MM CUTTING BALLOON ; HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT CROSS THE LESION SITE. A 3.0X15MM QUANTUM BALLOON WAS ADVANCED ACROSS THE LESION AND WAS INFLATED TO 16ATMS (X3) IVUS WAS PERFORMED. A 2.5X13MM STENT WAS DEPLOYED TOO WAS ADVANCED; HOWEVER, IT TOO WOULD NOT CROSS THE LESION SITE. THE STENT WAS WITHDRAWN BACK INTO THE GUIDING CATHETER.