Rotational atherectomy (RA) has been widely used for percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) to severely calcified lesions. As compared to other countries, RA in Japan has …

Background Coronary calcification hinders stent delivery and expansion and is associated
with adverse outcomes. Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) delivers acoustic pressure waves to …

Abstract The Task Force on Rotational Atherectomy of the Japanese Association of
Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT) proposed the expert consensus …

Objectives The aim of this pooled analysis was to assess the cumulative safety and
effectiveness of coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). Background The clinical outcomes of …

Objectives The aim of this study was to test whether optical coherence tomographic (OCT)
guidance would provide additional useful information beyond that obtained by angiography …

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

Background The comparative efficacy of percutaneous techniques for the preparation of
calcified lesions before stenting remains poorly studied. Objectives This study sought to …

Background: Long-term data concerning the efficacy of different polymer-coating strategies
of new-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with coronary artery calcification …

Drug-eluting stents (DESs) are drug-coated vascular implants that inhibit smooth muscle cell
proliferation and limit in-stent re-stenosis. However, traditional DESs release a single drug …

Background Percutaneous coronary intervention of calcified lesions was associated with
worse outcomes in the era of bare‐metal and first‐generation drug‐eluting stents. Data on …