Heavily calcified coronary lesions preclude strut apposition despite high pressure balloon dilatation and rotational atherectomy - In-vivo demonstration with optical coherence tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-160

  Tanigawa, Jun ^a   Barlis, Peter ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intravascular imaging; Malapposition; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Rotablator; Stents

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY STENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTIMA; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PREVALENCE; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; VASCULAR LESION; ATHERECTOMY; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; STENT;

AGED; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; BALLOON DILATATION; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 39849106395     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.157     Document Type: Article

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