DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
PTCA
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as coronary angioplasty or simply angioplasty, is one therapeutic procedure used to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. These stenotic segments are due to the build up of cholesterol-laden plaques that form due to atherosclerosis. PCI is usually performed by an interventional cardiologist. Coronary artery bypass grafting, which bypasses stenotic arteries by grafting vessels from elsewhere in the body, is an alternative treatment. Most studies have found that CABG is better than PCI for reducing death and myocardial infarction...
PTCA - List of case studies
- Acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
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heparin, and NTG, the patient underwent primary PTCA with the placement of two non-medicated stents in the mid proximal segment ... Lentokalium Treatments : PTCA (primary) , placement of two non-medicated stents (mid proximal segment of ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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cardiovascular disease, acute myocardial infarction and PTCA with stent Hepatitis (C ? Status ?) In Sept ... Treatments : Lumbar surgery (disk), PTCA with stent, radiation course (3000r), chemotherapy, antibody therapy ...
- Lung Cancer: Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma (BAC) of the lung (T1 N0).
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ago. Patient recently (November 2007) underwent PTCA and Stent on left anterior descending coronary artery and circumflex ... Treatments : Radical hysteroannessiectomy, PTCA + stent, lingular segmental resection, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant ... Radical hysteroannessiectomy, PTCA + stent, lingular segmental resection, Radiotherapy, Adjuvant ...
- End Stage Renal Disease
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disease, and underwent coronary angiography in2002, when PTCA and stenting to intermediate CX was performed. He returned to ... angiography revealed restenosis of intermediate CX ; . PTCA and stenting was performed. In addition, PTCA and stenting of distal RCA ...
- Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma of the lung
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ago. Patient recently (December 2007) underwent PTCA and Stent on left anterior descending coronary artery and circumflex ... Co-morbidity Arterial hypertension PTCA + stent on left anterior descending coronary artery and circumflex artery ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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• 2004: Unappreciated inferior AMI ; following PTCA + stent on CX; • September, 2005: Finding of HCV Ab ... PTCA, epigastric mass biopsy, histological examination, CT scan, PET scan, bone ...