Calcified Lesion Assessment and Intervention in Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Overview of Angioplasty, Atherectomy, and Lithotripsy

Calcific coronary artery disease intervention is associated with uniformly worse short-term procedural and long-term clinical results compared with treatment of non-calcified lesions. Multiple intravascular imaging tools currently exist to aid the identification and detailed characterization of intr...

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Main Authors: Alexander G Truesdell, Matheen A Khuddus, Sara C Martinez, Evan Shlofmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Radcliffe Medical Media 2020-07-01
Series:US Cardiology Review
Online Access:https://www.uscjournal.com/articleindex/usc.2020.16