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Superficial Calcium Fracture After PCI as Assessed by OCT

Authors :
Tsuyoshi Nishiguchi
Makoto Orii
Aiko Shimokado
Takashi Tanimoto
Atsushi Tanaka
Yoshiki Matsuo
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi
Hironori Kitabata
Ikuko Teraguchi
Takashi Akasaka
Akira Taruya
Takashi Yamano
Kumiko Hirata
Takashi Kubo
Yasushi Ino
Yasutsugu Shiono
Kunihiro Shimamura
Source :
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 8(10):1228-1229
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2015.

Abstract

Heavily calcified lesions in coronary arteries have been known to cause stent underexpansion, which increases the risk of in-stent restenosis [(1,2)][1]. Plaque modification before stent implantation is considered to be the key for treatment of calcified lesions [(3)][2]. We hypothesized that

Details

ISSN :
1936878X
Volume :
8
Issue :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b05a87da92e47d497f58b4fd26958a78
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.11.012