ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2016
Instructive percutaneous coronary intervention to avoid the risk of side branch occlusion at a lesion with a lotus root appearance: a case report.
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- Honeycomb or Lotus Root-Like Intracoronary Pattern: Insights From Optical Coherence Tomography of a Recanalized Thrombus.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025Review
- Diagnosis and treatment of angiographically unclear coronary lesions.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- Lotus root-like appearance in the left anterior descending artery treated with a drug-coated balloon angioplasty.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Honeycomb-like structure in the right coronary artery treated with a drug-eluting stent: a case report and literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundA lotus root appearance is a rare entity, and there is little opportunity to perform coronary intervention for this kind of lesion. Because of its peculiar anatomical characteristics, one of the problems regarding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for these lesions is related to the involvement of branch vessels. CASE PRESENTATION: We encountered a case of PCI for a stenotic lesion with a lotus root appearance in the mid-portion of the right coronary artery (RCA). To avoid the risk of right ventricular (RV) branch occlusion due to stent deployment in the main RCA, we re-crossed the third guidewire into the main RCA via the nearest point to the RV branch ostium through the communicating vascular lumen. Thereafter, we deployed a drug-eluting stent in the main RCA crossing over the RV branch, and the ostium of the RV branch remained intact, as we expected.
conclusionsThis case is the first report in the world describing the details of how to maintain the patency of the side branch bifurcating from a lesion with a lotus root appearance under optical coherence tomography guidance.
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