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I'm a little confused by this. Patients can get stents in multiple arteries during one cath lab session. Generally it's a diagnostic cath at first, finding all
by epmaybe 9y ago
I'm a little confused by this. Patients can get stents in multiple arteries during one cath lab session. Generally it's a diagnostic cath at first, finding all blockages, and deciding which vessels should be ballooned/stented. I've been in multiple procedures (shadowing, not performing) where they did 2+ vessels.
- graeham 9y agoAgreed that multiple stents and multiple vessels can be stented in one cath session. My point was more that there isn't very strong evidence or criteria for what constitutes a vessel that should be stented versus which should not. Worse, plaques are dynamic – what looks benign today could rupture and cause a complete/near occlusion. Rupture and subsequent thrombosis is more dangerous than stenosis itself.