THE LEFT CORONARY SYSTEM 4 MAIN VIEWS RAO CRANIAL LAO CRANIAL RAO CAUDAL LAO CAUDAL 2 SUPPLEMENTARY VIEWS AP CRANIAL AP CAUDAL
CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA TOWARDS CRANIAL OPENS BRANCHING TERMINAL VESSELS TOWARDS CAUDAL BIFURCATION BODY OF MAIN VESSELS
CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA TOWARDS CRANIAL OPENS BRANCHING TERMINAL VESSELS TOWARDS CAUDAL BIFURCATION BODY OF MAIN VESSELS LEFT MAIN CAUDAL = CIRC BIFURCATION. LCX – 6, LAD 12 RAMUS SPIDER VIEW
LAO Caudal
CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA TOWARDS CRANIAL OPENS BRANCHING TERMINAL VESSELS TOWARDS CAUDAL BIFURCATION BODY OF MAIN VESSELS CAUDAL = CIRC BEST FOR OM BODY OF LCx PROX LAD – STRAIGHT AND ACROSS
RAO Caudal
CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA TOWARDS CRANIAL OPENS BRANCHING TERMINAL VESSELS TOWARDS CAUDAL BIFURCATION BODY OF MAIN VESSELS CRANIAL = LAD. LAD = MIDDLE. CIRC = AWAY. DIAGONALS. SEPTALS.
RAO Cranial
CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA TOWARDS CRANIAL OPENS BRANCHING TERMINAL VESSELS TOWARDS CAUDAL BIFURCATION BODY OF MAIN VESSELS CRANIAL = LAD. LAD = STRAIGHT DOWN. DIAGONALS = GOOD. TERMINAL = GOOD. OSTIUM = GOOD.
LAO Cranial
THE RIGHT CORONARY SYSTEM 2 views. LAO View RAO View
LAO = C SHAPED RCA. BODY = GOOD. DISTAL AND BRANCHING = NOT GOOD.
LEFT MAIN CAUDAL = CIRC BIFURCATION. LCX – 6, LAD 12 RAMUS SPIDER VIEW CAUDAL = CIRC BEST FOR OM BODY OF LCx PROX LAD – STRAIGHT AND ACROSS CRANIAL = LAD. LAD = MIDDLE. CIRC = AWAY. DIAGONALS. SEPTALS. CRANIAL = LAD. LAD = STRAIGHT DOWN. DIAGONALS = GOOD. TERMINAL = GOOD. OSTIUM = GOOD. CAUDAL = CIRCUMFLEX CRANIAL = LAD BRANCHES OSTIA
LAO = C SHAPED RCA. BODY = GOOD. DISTAL AND BRANCHING = NOT GOOD. RAO = L SHAPED BIFURCATION = GOOD. PDA SEPTALS.
CATHETERS CATHETER RETRACTED / FOLDED UPON ITSELF = RAO VIEW CATHETER OPEN / L SHAPE = LAO VIEW
PRACTICE ANGIOS.
FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE
It takes into account the following factors before providing a functional severity of the coronary artery stenosis. The length and degree of narrowing of the coronary stenosis Presence of serial stenosis along the same vessel Presence of collateral circulation Size of the perfusion territory Size of the vessel