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Figure Out Coronary Angiogram Situation

Published on Fri Feb 24, 2023

Question: My cardiologist put the right femoral sheath in place and placed the right coronary catheter into the patient’s right coronary artery. Selective injections showed patency of the recently placed stents with moderate diffuse disease seen distally in the PDA, and posterolateral branch. The catheter was exchanged for a 4-French left 4-Judkins catheter and placed in the left coronary artery. [...]
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