Percutaneous treatment of heavily calcified coronary lesions still represents a challenge for
interventional cardiology, with higher risk of immediate complications, late failure due to …

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease with different faces. Despite identical or similar
pathogenetic mechanisms, atherosclerotic lesions and their clinical manifestations vary in …

Background Coronary calcification impairs stent delivery and optimal expansion, a
significant predictor of subsequent stent thrombosis and restenosis. Current calcium ablative …

Background: Coronary calcifications, particularly in left main disease (LMD), are
independently associated with adverse outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention …

Interventional cardiologists in everyday practice are often confronted with calcified coronary
lesions indicated for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). PTCA of …

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) negatively affects clinical outcomes after percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI). 1, 2 Despite significant advances in device technology and …

Introduction The optimal approach to deal with severe coronary artery calcification (CAC)
during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains ill‐defined. Methods We …

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

Severe coronary artery calcification is one of the greatest challenges in attaining success in
percutaneous coronary intervention, limiting acute and long-term results. In many cases …

Moderate-severe calcification increases procedural complications and impairs long-term
prognosis post-PCI. Intravascular imaging (particularly optical coherence tomography [OCT]) …