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Vulnerable Plaque


•	Erosion, Intraplaque Hemorrhage: The Other Face of Vulnerability
	- Presenter: Renu Virmani, MD

•	Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques Using CTA
	- Presenter: Koen Nieman, MD

•	Coronary Artery Thermography
	- Presenter: Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD

•	Detection and Treatment of Thin Fibrous Cap, Lipid Rich, and Inflammatory Vulnerable Plaque - Angioscopic Evaluation
	- Presenter: Kyoichi Mizuno, MD

•	Epidemiologic Stent-Based Approach to Vulnerable Plaque Stabilization Based on Statistical Modeling of Plaque Rupture and Death
	- Presenter: Richard E. Kuntz, MD

•	Regional Photodynamic Therapy for Vulnerable Plaque Stabilization I: Antrin
	- Presenter: Alan C. Yeung, MD

CASE PRESENTATION

•	Stenting for Heavily Calcified and Tortuous Distal Lesion at Right Coronary Artery Using 5 in 7 French Guiding Catheter Technique
	- Operator: Seung-Jung Park, MD

A 76 year-old man showed diffuse stenosis of RCA with marked tortuosity and calcification. (Image 1, 2)

What will you do to enhance stent delivery to the target lesion ?

Left Amplatz Guiding Catheter

Deep intubation with 7F JR guiding catheter into RCA

Deep seating of 5 Fr guiding catheter into RCA through 7 Fr guiding catheter

Buddy wire techinique

PLEASE CHECK STRATEGY OF DR. Seung-Jung Park