Calcified Plaque. [Review]
Calcified Plaque. [Review]
- 2019
Copyright (c) 2019, StatPearls Publishing LLC. Coronary artery calcification is frequently encountered during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Calcified plaque poses numerous challenges to successful percutaneous coronary intervention.[1] Stent delivery and optimal stent expansion become more difficult with a calcified plaque.[2] Procedural complications and long-term adverse outcomes are worse and closely correlated with increasing severity of coronary artery calcification.[3]
English
IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Review
Copyright (c) 2019, StatPearls Publishing LLC. Coronary artery calcification is frequently encountered during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Calcified plaque poses numerous challenges to successful percutaneous coronary intervention.[1] Stent delivery and optimal stent expansion become more difficult with a calcified plaque.[2] Procedural complications and long-term adverse outcomes are worse and closely correlated with increasing severity of coronary artery calcification.[3]
English
IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Review