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