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Rotablation in an #underexpanded stent in a previously #undilatable #bifurcation lesion! 68 male, H/o CABG - PCI to OM done a couple of years ago where cutting balloon was used for an undilatable lesion in OM, eventually stented for a flow limiting dissection #CardioTwitter

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

Patient presented with intractable angina to the primary IC who referred to me. The problem ended up being way more complex with presence of additional severely calcified lesions in distal left Main and LCx at the bifurcation. 1/2

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

Lesion wired with Pilot 150 with Corsair however couldn’t get the Corsair to cross the lesion. Direct wired with Rota Floppy from this point and #rotablated with 1.25 burr followed by DK Crush Alhamdulillah for an excellent result 2/2

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

@TribelessSapien @mmamas1973 @GilbertTangMD @KHERA_MD @SyedYNaqvi1 @DrBabarHasan @SinaiCards @ccclivecases

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

Thankful for the training @DoctorKini @georgedangas @mehran

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

@WahajAmanMD @ahakeem143

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

@Zill_cardio

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

@dr_nikhilp @nolanjimradial

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Sanam Khowaja3 years ago

@BSCCardiology @georgedangas @SCAI @ACCinTouch @escardio @ESCardioNews @EducationCardio Great Did u took cutting initially

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Asaad A. Khan, MD, FACC, FSCAI3 years ago

@BSCCardiology @georgedangas @SCAI @ACCinTouch @escardio @ESCardioNews @EducationCardio Couldn’t get the micro catheter across so didn’t even consider it

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