BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of calcified lesions remains
challenging for interventionalists. AIMS: We aimed to investigate whether combining …

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Background Coronary artery calcification is common in patients undergoing percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) and is associated with lower procedural success and higher …

Background. Rotational atherectomy followed by drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for
complex, severely calcified lesions is a rational combination that has not been sufficiently …

Background Rotational atherectomy (RA) enables percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
for complex and calcified coronary lesions, despite limited data regarding long-term …

With growing experience, technical improvements and use of newer generation drug-eluting
stents (DES), recent data showed satisfactory acute and long-term results after rotational …

Background Patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with rotational
atherectomy (RA) are at high risk of adverse clinical outcomes, and there are few clinical risk …

Rotational atherectomy facilitates percutaneous coronary intervention for complex de novo
lesions with severe calcification. A strategy of routine rotational atherectomy has not …

The safety and efficacy of Palmaz-Schatz stents for the treatment of suboptimal rotational
atherectomy (RA) results or as an adjuvant to RA for calcified coronary lesions was …

Background Because of the challenges in treating calcified coronary artery disease (CAD),
lesion preparation has become increasingly important prior to percutaneous coronary …