Glossary/Coronary Artery Disease

Triple-Vessel Disease.

Significant blockages in all three major coronary arteries: the LAD, circumflex, and right coronary artery. Generally considered an indication for CABG surgery rather than PCI, especially in patients with diabetes.

Definition

What is triple-vessel disease?

Significant blockages in all three major coronary arteries: the LAD, circumflex, and right coronary artery. Generally considered an indication for CABG surgery rather than PCI, especially in patients with diabetes.

Related Terms

Related glossary terms.

CABG
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. An open-heart surgery that creates new routes for blood to flow ...
PCI
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, also called coronary angioplasty with stenting. A catheter-ba...
SYNTAX Score
A scoring system that grades the complexity of coronary artery disease based on angiographic find...
Left Main Disease
Significant narrowing of the left main coronary artery, which supplies blood to roughly two-third...
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