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Figure 1. Three-dimensional reconstruction of patent left and right internal mammary arteries, which can be seen on either side of the aorta. A larger saphenous vein graft to the obtuse marginal can be seen in the middle of the image with a stenosis in its mid-course Limitations CTCA is highly accurate at detecting stenoses in bypass grafts with sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values of 97%, 97%, 93% and 99%, respectively.3 The limitation of CTCA in patients with CABG is in the assessment of the native coronary arteries distal to the grafts and the coronary arteries that did not receive bypass grafts at the time of

The position now So where does the current guidance leave us? First, it provides interventional cardiologists enough freedom to be able to treat most of our patients in what we consider to be an evidence-based manner. This desire to provide optimal care for our patients has been, incidentally, repeatedly and insidiously questioned over the last 12 months – but I will return to that issue later. In fact, I know that I am not alone in feeling that the guidance should have included diabetes as an indication for DES independent of the 3.0 mm/15 mm parameters. Are there any large observational or randomised series of stent activity that do not

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