… A limitation of the present study is that the characteristics and distribution of calcifications
in culprit lesions in patients with stable angina were not evaluated. This prohibits the …

… in vascular calcification and plaque … calcified lesions in culprit lesion segments in STEMI
patients. A prospective series of 179 patients with STEMI were enrolled, and calcified lesions …

… lesion in the absence of thrombus, or attenuation of underlying plaque by thrombus without
superficial lipid or calcification … a calcified plaque characterized by protruding calcification, …

… Several mechanisms may explain the poor outcomes after PCI of calcified lesions. First, it
is well known that stent underexpansion is frequent in heavily calcified lesions and may …

… If a lesion is concomitantly long and calcified, … calcified lesion is to modify the vessel wall
compliance by partial removal of the plaque using rotablation. In our analysis of calcified lesions …

… three patterns of calcified spots in culprit lesion between the … excluded calcified areas when
measuring culprit lesion … very small spotty calcifications intermixed in culprit lesions, affecting …

… lesions, and coronary plaques often consist of non-calcified tissue. Thus, even in coronary
vessels without calcified … atherosclerotic lesions in the absence of coronary calcifications, and …

… of culprit lesion type (plaque rupture, plaque erosion, calcified nodule … underlying the plaque,
calcification was recorded and minimal … Spotty calcification was defined as calcification with …

… (PREPARE-CALC) trial, 278 severely calcified lesions in 200 patients were randomized to
lesion preparation either by balloon lesion modification (3% cutting, 97% scoring balloon) or …

… calcified coronary lesions indicated for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
PTCA of calcified lesions is … limited information regarding coronary calcification, and the …