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Would you recommend percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to a 60 year old man with single vessel disease and silent RCA ischemia and normal LVEF by perfusion scan?
Aggressive medical therapy only.
Aggressive medical therapy with follow-up perfusion scans.
PCI with bare metal stents (BMS) in addition to medical therapy.
PCI with drug eluting stents (DES) in addition to medical therapy.
Need additional trial data in this patient population.
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Selected cases have been chosen to offer insights into some of the complex issues that arise during interventional procedures. Each case listed below is presented with an audio-visual commentary. To view the cases, your computer must have the free Macromedia Flash plug-in installed. If you do not have the plug-in installed, you can download it here.

Category: Carotid
TitleYearAuthor
NEW Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery Stenting2006Paul Huang, MD
Tandom Lesions Spanning the Common and Internal Carotid Arteries2006Paul Huang, MD
Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery Stenting2006Paul Huang, MD
Calcified Carotid Stenosis2006Paul Huang, MD
Ostial Common Carotid Stent with Embolic Protection2004William Gray, MD
Complex Carotid Intervention2004William Gray, MD
Clamp Injury After Carotid Endarterectomy2003Lance Diehl, MD
Patchulous Carotid Bulb with Tandem Recurrent Stenoses2003Lance Diehl, MD
Coronary Carotid ConundrumWilliam Gray, MD

Category: Complex Coronary
TitleYearAuthor
Mid-LAD Trifurcation Disease2006Paul Huang, MD
Unprotected Left Main Simultaneous Kissing Stents2006Amish Desai, MD
Managing Severe Proximal Disease with DES2005Mark Reisman, MD
Management of Ostial LAD Disease2004Mark Reisman, MD
Managing CTO with Advanced Devices2004Mark Reisman, MD
Direct DES and Bifurcation Management2004Mark Reisman, MD
Complex Instent Restenosis2004Mark Reisman, MD
Pressure Wire Guided Therapy2004Mark Reisman, MD
Bifurcation Lesion2004Mark Reisman, MD
Complex SVG Disease2004Mark Reisman, MD
Calcified Left Main Stenosis2004Mark Reisman, MD
Distal Aortic Stenosis2003Lance Diehl, MD
Simultaneous Bifurcation Stenting2003Mark Reisman, MD
Right Coronary Artery2003Mark Reisman, MD
Calcified Complex Lesion2003Mark Reisman, MD
Ostial LADMark Reisman, MD
Optimal StentMark Reisman, MD
Diffuse In-Stent RestensisMark Reisman, MD
Long LesionsMark Reisman, MD
Complex Small Vessel DiseaseMark Reisman, MD
Ostial LAD with Circumflex DiseaseMark Reisman, MD
Management of Total OcclusionsMark Reisman, MD

Category: Peripheral
TitleYearAuthor
Popliteal Artery Thrombis Following IABP2006Paul Huang, MD
Severely Calcified Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Artery Stenoses2006Paul Huang, MD
Severe Bilateral SFA Disease2005William Gray, MD
Device Delivery in a Heavily Calcified and Angulated Vessel2005William Gray, MD
Subclavian Stenosis Discovered Post Surgery2005William Gray, MD
Recanalization of Severe SFA Occlusion2005William Gray, MD
Combined Atherectomy and Cryoplasty in the CFA2004William Gray, MD
Iliac Occlusion and the Pioneer (CrossPoint) Catheter2004William Gray, MD
SFA Atherectomy: Instent Restenosis and De Novo2004William Gray, MD
Long Total Iliac Occlusion2003Lance Diehl, MD
Management of Renal Artery In-Stent RestenosisWilliam Gray, MD