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Bifurcation in acute MI is not always easy!

Bifurcation in acute MI is not always easy!

European Bifurcation Club 2012 – EBC 2012 – Castelldefels, Spain

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Bifurcation in acute MI is not always easy!

Author: Prodromos Anthopoulos, Medical Director, The Medicines Company, Zurich, Switzerland

 

CASE

  • 38 y old male, transferred to our cath lab 8 hours post thrombolysis for anterior STEMI.
  • Strong family history for IHD, smoker, hyperlipideamic
  • The first post-thrombolysis hours the paGent was stable, but started deterioraGng and arrived in our cath lab in Killip III.
  • He had been treated with Aspirin 375mg, Clopidogrel 600mg, Heparin, b-blocker from the first hospital and we administered IV Lasix and submiRed him to a coronary angiogram with a 6F catheter from the right femoral artery

 

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