Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis Due to Trichosporon Species.

Pacemaker-related fungal endocarditis is an uncommon and unexpected complication. It is associated with high mortality rates. Due to nonspecific clinical symptoms, negative blood culture and delays in obtaining appropriate imaging studies; late diagnosis is common with fungal endocarditis.

Managing distorted ABSORB Scaffold in left main during anomalous LMCA stenting.

The everolimus-eluting biovascular scaffold (BVS) does not contain any metal, therefore struts are not evident angiographically. Two adjacent platinum radio-opaque markers at each end facilitate precise location of stent ends. Here we report one case of anomalous left main stenting using BVS.

Optical coherence tomography guided PCI - initial experience at Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

Background: The capability of OCT to examine the structure of the arterial wall before or after PCI is superior to those of other imaging modalities. Therefore the application of OCT during PCI seems logical and has the potential to enhance our performance during the PCI procedures.

Methods: OCT was performed in fifty-two patients out of which, 45 patients underwent PCI.