Interventional Cardiologist at @CardioInstitute; Ochsner/Scripps trained; Pearl Jam enthusiast. Views expressed are my own. #RadialFirst
Jul 12, 2018 • 14 tweets • 19 min read
1/10 “To PCI, or Not to PCI, That is the Question” Will Shakespeare, MD #FITSurvivalGuide
*Per many contentious #cardiotwitter discussions I realize this is loaded topic but I’m going to attempt an early stage #ACCFIT overview while recognizing there is a lot of nuance.
2/10 Why not “See lesion Fix lesion”?
Poor correlation between est'd visual stenosis & quantitative stenosis. And, without noninvasive ischemic data, coronary angio has limited accuracy w/ regard to identifying significance of many stenoses
*STEMI PCI already done @KhandelwalMD
