Question:

Is this artery amenable to PCI?

If the right coronary artery is poorly opacified and there is a long segment of mixed soft and calcified plague with occlusion of the lumen >90% stenosis, can the RCA undergo PCI? The distal branch PDA and PLB are patent.

Submitted by Joseph from Hong Kong on 01/02/2014

Answer:
by Patrick J. Cook, MD

Based solely on the information given, one would think “yes”.