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Author(s):
Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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Kendra J Grubb
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David Hildick-Smith
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et al
Start date:
Mar 26, 2024
Mark Gunning
Job title: Interventional Consultant Cardiologist
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Author(s):
Tanush Gupta
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Michael Weinreich
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Mark Greenberg
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et al
Added:
3 years ago
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most commonly used revascularisation modality for obstructive coronary artery disease.1 Despite significant advances in PCI over the past 40 years, severe coronary calcification remains a challenge for successful PCI.2,3 Up to 20% of patients undergoing PCI are estimated to have moderate to severe coronary calcification.4,5
Heavily calcified…
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Author(s):
Joost Daemen
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Maria Natalia Tovar Forero
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3 years ago
The amount of coronary artery calcification increases with age and the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities.1,2 Up to 20% of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures are challenged by severe calcifications, and coronary calcifications have been shown to be an independent predictor of PCI failure and future adverse cardiac events.3,4 Lesion calcification increases…
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Author(s):
Carlotta Sorini Dini
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Giulia Nardi
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Francesca Ristalli
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et al
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3 years ago
In the 18th century, Edward Jenner and Caleb Hillier Parry, two British physicians, independently noticed that coronary ossification was often present in patients dying of ‘syncope anginosa’.1 Coronary angiography opened the possibility of expanding these observations to living patients and offered revascularisation options. During surgery, it was often possible to modify the position of the…
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Author(s):
Andreas Baumbach
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Mark CK Hamilton
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3 years ago
Rapid advancement of technology has facilitated computerised tomography (CT) coronary angiography (CTCA) to move from being a research tool to being a clinically important diagnostic entity. Whilst the initial four detector technology required relatively long acquisition times and reconstruction of the images took considerable time, the newer generation scanners easily cover the heart in a single…
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Author(s):
Yohei Sotomi
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Richard A Shlofmitz
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Antonio Colombo
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et al
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3 years ago
From the early days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) it became apparent that the presence of severe coronary calcification was a predictor of worse clinical outcomes. In the era of plain old balloon angioplasty, severe coronary calcification was associated with an increased risk of coronary dissection and procedural failure, while in the bare-metal stent era, it was associated with a…
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Author(s):
Evan Shlofmitz
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Allen Jeremias
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Richard A Shlofmitz
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et al
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3 years ago
Coronary calcification has posed challenges to successful revascularisation since the development of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Coronary artery calcification worsens clinical outcomes irrespective of the revascularisation strategy.2–4 Despite significant improvements in stent design over the past decades, including an improved ability to deliver a stent, severe calcification…
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Author(s):
Jonathon A Leipsic
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Jonathan Weir-McCall
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Philipp Blanke
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3 years ago
Coronary CTA has rapidly gone from a test with potential to be considered a first-line test for patients with stable chest pain.1 It provides robust ability to exclude atherosclerosis and coronary artery stenosis and more recently has been shown to inform and guide clinical treatment making in a fashion that enables a reduction in myocardial infarction when compared to traditional stress testing…
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Author(s):
Jonathan Xinguo Fang
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Arthur Sze-Yue Yung
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Simon Cheung-Chi Lam
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et al
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1 year ago