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Carotid Artery Disease: Screening, Medical Therapy and Revascularisation

…coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or major non cardiac surgery. The vascular examination should include: palpation of peripheral pulses; auscultation for carotid, femoral, and abdominal…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

…coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, left ventricular dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease and other manifestations of diffuse atherosclerosis. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass…

Sudden cardiac arrest: Case 3

CPR Sex : Male Age : 62 years History : Coronary bypass grafting; history of arrhythmias. Medications : beta blockers ECG 1 . Sinus rhythm interrupted by ventricular tachycardia (VT…

🟠 SYNTAX Score

…system designed to assess the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and guide the choice between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting…

Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After PCI and CABG

…Periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) is myocardial necrosis temporally related to coronary revascularization. It may follow percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)…

Refractory Angina: Options When Standard Therapy Fails

…settings: Obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) that cannot be controlled despite escalation of antianginal medical therapy, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), or percutaneous coronary intervention…

Acute Limb Ischaemia: Recognition and Urgent Management

…states or iatrogenic vascular injury. Acute occlusion may also occur in an artery with established collateral circulation, particularly an occluded bypass graft; in such cases…

Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents: Evolution, Evidence and Stent Choice

…the relative merits of PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Definition and Pathophysiology From balloon angioplasty to coronary stents Balloon angioplasty was initially limited…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions: Indications and Outcomes

…than 70%, and are an important reason that patients are referred for coronary artery bypass grafting rather than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A CTO may…

Indications and contraindications for myocardial perfusion imaging

…Evaluating the success of revascularization : Myocardial perfusion imaging can assess effectiveness of procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)…

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