Isolated distal coronary artery disease : A newly recognised entity among CAD population.
August 6, 2008 by dr s venkatesan
Coronary artery disese predominantly occur in the proximal segments of coronary artery.The fact that CAD is mainly a proximal disese , implies that clincal impact is likely to be more . But we now recognise distal coronary artery system is equally affected .But isolated distal CAD is a not a common finding .We describe our analysis on the topic .
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Posted in cardiology- coronary care | Tagged atherosclerosis, cabg, cad, cardiology, coronary artery disease, distal coronary artery disease, drsvenkaytesan, pci, ptca, triple vessel disease | 1 Comment
Sir what is the significance of isolated distal CAD? Is the management differ than proximal one? I couldn’t find much literature about distal CAD.