Viable or not viable? The problem of managing very advanced coronary artery disease
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coronary disease, myocardial viability, peripheral arterial disease.Abstract
Patients with very advanced coronary disease are a hard challenge for the clinician. This clinical report is a good example, with a patient with very extensive and severe arteriosclerosis in several vascular territories that debuted as acute leg arterial ischemia but in which the coronary disease became the worst problem. Despite myocardial viability demonstration, the extent and complexity of coronary lesions made it impossible treat them. In this kind of cases, although we know what the ideal treatment should be, the trip ends without reaching the goal of the revascularization.
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