Percutaneous coronary intervention calcified lesions
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (DO NOT EDIT)[1]
2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (DO NOT EDIT)[1]
Calcified Lesions (DO NOT EDIT)[1]
| Class IIa |
| “1. Rotational atherectomy is reasonable for fibrotic or heavily calcified lesions that might not be crossed by a balloon catheter or adequately dilated before stent implantation.[2][3][4] (Level of Evidence: C) “ |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, Bailey SR, Bittl JA, Cercek B, Chambers CE, Ellis SG, Guyton RA, Hollenberg SM, Khot UN, Lange RA, Mauri L, Mehran R, Moussa ID, Mukherjee D, Nallamothu BK, Ting HH (2011). “2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions” (PDF). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58 (24): 2550–83. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.006. PMID 22070837. Retrieved 2011-12-08. Text “PDF” ignored (help); Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Moussa I, Di Mario C, Moses J, Reimers B, Di Francesco L, Martini G, Tobis J, Colombo A (1997). “Coronary stenting after rotational atherectomy in calcified and complex lesions. Angiographic and clinical follow-up results”. Circulation. 96 (1): 128–36. PMID 9236427. Retrieved 2011-12-15. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Vaquerizo B, Serra A, Miranda F, Triano JL, Sierra G, Delgado G, Puentes A, Mojal S, Brugera J (2010). “Aggressive plaque modification with rotational atherectomy and/or cutting balloon before drug-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of calcified coronary lesions”. Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 23 (3): 240–8. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8183.2010.00547.x. PMID 20636844. Retrieved 2011-12-15. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Brogan WC, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Kent KM, Mintz GS, Leon MB (1993). “Rotational coronary atherectomy after unsuccessful coronary balloon angioplasty”. The American Journal of Cardiology. 71 (10): 794–8. PMID 8456756. Unknown parameter
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