Physiological and angiographic outcomes of PCI in calcified lesions after rotational atherectomy or intravascular lithotripsy
Int J Cardiol
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in calcified coronary artery lesions are associated with impaired stent expansion, higher rate of periprocedural complications and cardiac mortality. Lesion preparation using calcium modifying techniques such as Rotational Atherectomy (RA) or Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) has been advocated. Studies comparing these technologies are lacking. We aimed to compare the in-stent pressure gradient, evaluated by virtual fractional flow-reserve, in calcific lesions treated using either RA or IVL.
Reference: Physiological and angiographic outcomes of PCI in calcified lesions after rotational atherectomy or intravascular lithotripsy. Gallinoro E, Monizzi G, Sonck J, Candreva A, Mileva N, Nagumo S, Munhoz D, Buytaert D, Mastrangelo A, Andreini D, Galli S, Bartorelli AL, Barbato E, De Bruyne B, Collet C. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Feb 1:S0167-5273(22)00192-9.