Coronary artery calcifications are always challenging scenarios for interventional cardiologists. Calcium content in coronary tree directly correlates with male sex, age, Caucasian ethnicity, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. Intracoronary imaging is useful and necessary to understand calcific lesion features and plan the best percutaneous coronary intervention strategy. Thus, accurate evaluation of patient and lesion characteristics is crucial. For this reason, definition of calcific arc, length, and thickness can suggest the best procedure before stenting and final optimization. In our modern era, different devices are available and all are surprisingly promising.
New Advances in the Treatment of Severe Coronary Artery Calcifications / Demola P.; Ristalli F.; Hamiti B.; Meucci F.; Di Mario C.; Mattesini A.. - In: CARDIOLOGY CLINICS. - ISSN 1089-408X. - ELETTRONICO. - 38:(2020), pp. 619-627. [10.1016/j.ccl.2020.07.007]
New Advances in the Treatment of Severe Coronary Artery Calcifications
Ristalli F.;Hamiti B.;Di Mario C.;
2020
Abstract
Coronary artery calcifications are always challenging scenarios for interventional cardiologists. Calcium content in coronary tree directly correlates with male sex, age, Caucasian ethnicity, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. Intracoronary imaging is useful and necessary to understand calcific lesion features and plan the best percutaneous coronary intervention strategy. Thus, accurate evaluation of patient and lesion characteristics is crucial. For this reason, definition of calcific arc, length, and thickness can suggest the best procedure before stenting and final optimization. In our modern era, different devices are available and all are surprisingly promising.
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