A State-of-the-Art Review: The Percutaneous Treatment of Highly Calcified Lesions

Title: A State-of-the-Art Review: The Percutaneous Treatment of Highly Calcified Lesions
Creator: Bamford, Paul; Collins, Nicholas; Boyle, Andrew
Relation: Heart Lung and Circulation Vol. 31, Issue 12, p. 1573-1584
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2022.08.009
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2022
Description: Coronary artery calcification is prevalent in coronary heart disease with its progression being predictive of future adverse cardiac events. Its presence is considered to be a marker of interventional procedural complexity. Several adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention tools, such as modifying balloons, atherectomy devices and intravascular lithotripsy, now exist to successfully treat calcified lesions. In this state-of-the-art review, a step-wise progression of strategies is described to modify coronary plaque, from well-recognised techniques to techniques that should only be considered when standard manoeuvres have proven unsuccessful. Technology has advanced greatly over the past few decades and we discuss how future technologies might shape percutaneous intervention.
Subject: calcified lesions; percutaneous coronary intervention; atherectomy; lithotripsy; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1478486
Identifier: uon:50188
Identifier: ISSN:1443-9506
Language: eng
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