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Structural Intervention: A Cardiologist’s Perspective

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The ability for the interventional cardiologist to know the distribution of coronary stenosis prior to arrival to the cath lab facilitates better defining lesion severity with invasive angiography. In particular, ostial coronary lesions of short length can potentially be overlooked at the time of cardiac catheterization due to overlapping of vessel segments. This patient underwent a minimally invasive off-pump coronary bypass surgery consisting of a LIMA to the LAD. Description of the coronary anatomy by CCTA allows for more detailed discussion with our patients regarding options for therapy prior to their arrival to the cath lab for invasive angiography where they may receive sedation agents.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Miami at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

    John J. Lee MD

  2. Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Igor F. Palacios MD

  3. Department of Cardiology, Holy Cross Hospital, Jim Morgan Heart and Vascular Research Institute, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

    Alexander Llanos MD

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  1. Department of Radiology, Holy Cross Hospital, South Florida Medical Imaging Cardiovascular Institute, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    Claudio Smuclovisky

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Lee, J.J., Palacios, I.F., Llanos, A. (2018). Structural Intervention: A Cardiologist’s Perspective. In: Smuclovisky, C. (eds) Coronary Artery CTA. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66988-5_12

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