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INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY IN CALCIFIED CORONARY ARTERY LESIONS

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Background: Impact of rotational atherectomy (RA) on stent expansion is not fully understood. Method: We compared low, intermediate, and high Ca Index ([maximum superficial Ca angle/360] × [Ca length/lesion length])… Click to show full abstract

Background: Impact of rotational atherectomy (RA) on stent expansion is not fully understood. Method: We compared low, intermediate, and high Ca Index ([maximum superficial Ca angle/360] × [Ca length/lesion length]) tertiles assessed by IVUS of post RA. Reverberations with a concave-shaped lumen

Keywords: intravascular ultrasound; rotational atherectomy; assessment effects; atherectomy; effects rotational; ultrasound assessment

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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