Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Salvages a Patient with Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndrome and Ischaemic Heart Failure with Multiple Life Threatening Co-morbidities: A Case Report

Abstract

More than 422 million people are suffering from Diabetes Mellitus (DM) worldwide. Majority of the affected population resides in lower and middle income countries. This chronic, metabolic disease gradually does serious damage to heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves; eventually causing cardiovascular diseases, peripheral vascular diseases, retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Here, a rare case of a 58-year-old male was present who had history of uncontrolled DM with dry gangrene in right forefoot, acute kidney injury and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) involving Left Main (LM) bifurcation presented with recurrent acute coronary syndrome with heart failure. Patient in view of multiple co-morbidities was unfit for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) was managed successfully with complex coronary intervention involving LM bifurcation.