FYI those are the uncharted waters that many of us face due to iatrogenic disease , guidelines free zone, sadly very avoidable if you #IVUSfirst as preached by so many like @GreggWStone and @mmamas1973
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We have a floating 3.5 mm stent in a 5.5 mm proximal LAD, that has been there since 2021, in a patient with severe effort angina since then, MLA 8.7 mmsq, 3.1x3.4 MLD artery diameter 5.5mm
If surgery declined and opted for high risk PCI then would go with #IVUSfirst.
Heavily calcified and ectatic ostial trifurcation > would go with MCS then try IVL to LAD followed by provisional stenting LM/LAD /- bailout TAP technique to LCX and leave RI for Med Rx
These are the post PCI MSA BEFORE post dilating both LAD/CX ostium with 4.5mm NC @20atm and final 5.0mm POT… excellent final results… its always better to be lucky 🍀 than good… #IVUSfirst de-escalated complexity for initial strategy… CTO morphology helped… 💔😷❤️🏝
Although total extraction of the stent is possible, it is a very long stent, with thrombosis ... non-selective cannulation dilate struts, posdilate, RCA #ivusfirst