Contemporary Approach to Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions
Percutaneous treatment of heavily calcified coronary lesions still represents a challenge for interventional cardiology, with higher risk of immediate complications, late failure due to stent underexpansion and malapposition, and consequently poor clinical outcome. Good characterisation of calcium d...
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| author | Carlotta Sorini Dini Giulia Nardi Francesca Ristalli Alessio Mattesini Brunilda Hamiti Carlo Di Mario |
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| description | Percutaneous treatment of heavily calcified coronary lesions still represents a challenge for interventional cardiology, with higher risk of immediate complications, late failure due to stent underexpansion and malapposition, and consequently poor clinical outcome. Good characterisation of calcium distribution with multimodal imaging is important to improve the successful treatment of these lesions. The use of traditional or new dedicated devices for the treatment of calcified lesions allows better lesion preparation; therefore, it is important that we know the different mechanisms and technical features of these devices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f9bec8db68d0442aa41d655fe31b6af52024-12-14T16:01:34ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaInterventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources1756-14771756-14852019-11-0114315416310.15420/icr.2019.19.R1Contemporary Approach to Heavily Calcified Coronary LesionsCarlotta Sorini Dini0Giulia Nardi1Francesca Ristalli2Alessio Mattesini3Brunilda Hamiti4Carlo Di Mario5Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Cardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyCardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyCardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyCardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyCardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyCardiology Division, Spedali Riuniti, Livorno, ItalyPercutaneous treatment of heavily calcified coronary lesions still represents a challenge for interventional cardiology, with higher risk of immediate complications, late failure due to stent underexpansion and malapposition, and consequently poor clinical outcome. Good characterisation of calcium distribution with multimodal imaging is important to improve the successful treatment of these lesions. The use of traditional or new dedicated devices for the treatment of calcified lesions allows better lesion preparation; therefore, it is important that we know the different mechanisms and technical features of these devices.https://www.icrjournal.com/articles/contemporary-approach-to-heavily-calcified-coronary |
| spellingShingle | Carlotta Sorini Dini Giulia Nardi Francesca Ristalli Alessio Mattesini Brunilda Hamiti Carlo Di Mario Contemporary Approach to Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources |
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| title_short | Contemporary Approach to Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions |
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