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Patient History
- 74 year old male
- Admitted with chest pain
- Diagnostic case
- Troponin mildly elevated
- Echo shows ejection fraction (EF) of 20%
- Referred for angiography
Baseline Angiography
Baseline angiography of LAD reveals a hazy area in proximal LAD
Baseline HD IVUS
Baseline HD IVUS of the hazy proximal LAD lesion identified a calcium nodule and three additional severely calcified lesions
Conclusion
HD IVUS was able to reveal several calcified lesions including a calcified nodule in the LAD