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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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Author: Amish Desai, MD
TitleCategoryYear
Unprotected Left Main Simultaneous Kissing StentsComplex Coronary2006

Author: Lance Diehl, MD
TitleCategoryYear
Distal Aortic StenosisComplex Coronary2003
Clamp Injury After Carotid EndarterectomyCarotid2003
Patchulous Carotid Bulb with Tandem Recurrent StenosesCarotid2003
Long Total Iliac OcclusionPeripheral2003

Author: Mark Reisman, MD
TitleCategoryYear
Managing Severe Proximal Disease with DESComplex Coronary2005
Management of Ostial LAD DiseaseComplex Coronary2004
Managing CTO with Advanced DevicesComplex Coronary2004
Direct DES and Bifurcation ManagementComplex Coronary2004
Complex Instent RestenosisComplex Coronary2004
Pressure Wire Guided TherapyComplex Coronary2004
Bifurcation LesionComplex Coronary2004
Complex SVG DiseaseComplex Coronary2004
Calcified Left Main StenosisComplex Coronary2004
Simultaneous Bifurcation StentingComplex Coronary2003
Right Coronary ArteryComplex Coronary2003
Calcified Complex LesionComplex Coronary2003
Ostial LADComplex Coronary
Optimal StentComplex Coronary
Diffuse In-Stent RestensisComplex Coronary
Long LesionsComplex Coronary
Complex Small Vessel DiseaseComplex Coronary
Ostial LAD with Circumflex DiseaseComplex Coronary
Management of Total OcclusionsComplex Coronary

Author: Paul Huang, MD
TitleCategoryYear
Mid-LAD Trifurcation DiseaseComplex Coronary2006
NEW Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery StentingCarotid2006
Tandom Lesions Spanning the Common and Internal Carotid ArteriesCarotid2006
Brachial Approach to Carotid Artery StentingCarotid2006
Calcified Carotid StenosisCarotid2006
Popliteal Artery Thrombis Following IABPPeripheral2006
Severely Calcified Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Artery StenosesPeripheral2006

Author: William Gray, MD
TitleCategoryYear
Severe Bilateral SFA DiseasePeripheral2005
Device Delivery in a Heavily Calcified and Angulated VesselPeripheral2005
Subclavian Stenosis Discovered Post SurgeryPeripheral2005
Recanalization of Severe SFA OcclusionPeripheral2005
Ostial Common Carotid Stent with Embolic ProtectionCarotid2004
Complex Carotid InterventionCarotid2004
Combined Atherectomy and Cryoplasty in the CFAPeripheral2004
Iliac Occlusion and the Pioneer (CrossPoint) CatheterPeripheral2004
SFA Atherectomy: Instent Restenosis and De NovoPeripheral2004
Coronary Carotid ConundrumCarotid
Management of Renal Artery In-Stent RestenosisPeripheral