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Case Sharing: Treatment Strategy Using DCA for Both RCA- and LAD-CTOs in a Male in His Late 30's

Case Sharing: Treatment Strategy Using DCA for Both RCA- and LAD-CTOs in a Male in His Late 30's
Dr. Yasunori Inoguchi, Asahi General Hospital

Case

Male in his late 30's 

Chief complaint

No symptoms (Asymptomatic Ischemia)

Current medical history

The patient was diagnosed with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 20XX, after which a biopsy was performed to investigate the etiology of CKD. Minor glomerular abnormalities were revealed. The patient was followed up by a nephrologist at our hospital, dialysis was started 11 years after the diagnosis, and old MI (OMI) was suspected in the electrocardiogram at that time. After that, CTO lesions of RCA and LAD were confirmed by cardiac CT, and he was referred to the Department of Cardiology.

Medical history

Hypertension, dyslipidemia

taste history

Non smoking, occasional drinker

History of medication

Olmesartan 10mg/day, amlodipine 10mg/day, pravastatin 20mg/day, calcium carbonate 1,500mg/day
Blood test findings WBC 5.8×103/µL T-cho 214mg/dL RBC 4.69×106/µ...
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