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Percutaneous Intervention in Kyphoscoliosis—Tackling a Tortuosity*

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53429#.VMWlBCzQrzE Author(s)     Jwalit Morakhia 1 , Padmakumar Ramachandran 1 , Naveenchandra Ganiga Sanjeeva 1 , Harikrishna Damodaran 2 , Tulsee Sitapara 3 , Nirlep Gajiwala 3 , Ashok Thakkar 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal, India . 2 Department of Cardiology, Pariyaram Medical College, Kannur, India . 3 Department of Clinical Trials, Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Surat, India . ABSTRACT Spine deformities have several associations with compromised cardiorespiratory function. Percutaneous coronary interventions rely on fluoroscopic anatomical landmarks to guide procedures, and distortion of the mediastinal soft tissue and skeletal anatomy in conditions like kyphoscoliosis can pose unique challenges for the interventional cardiologist. Here, we report a case of elderl...