Calcified Plaque. [Review] 

 -  2019 
<br/><br/> 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]  
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