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* Rotational atherectomy in mild-moderate calcifications: In less severly calcified lesion, no differences in restenosis rates were found after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation in calcified and non calcified vessels. <ref name="pmid16253590">{{cite journal |author=Moussa I, Ellis SG, Jones M, ''et al.'' |title=Impact of coronary culprit lesion calcium in patients undergoing paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation (a TAXUS-IV sub study) |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=96 |issue=9 |pages=1242–7 |year=2005 |month=November |pmid=16253590 |doi=10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.064 |url=}}</ref>  
* Rotational atherectomy in mild-moderate calcifications: In less severly calcified lesion, no differences in restenosis rates were found after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation in calcified and non calcified vessels. <ref name="pmid16253590">{{cite journal |author=Moussa I, Ellis SG, Jones M, ''et al.'' |title=Impact of coronary culprit lesion calcium in patients undergoing paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation (a TAXUS-IV sub study) |journal=Am. J. Cardiol. |volume=96 |issue=9 |pages=1242–7 |year=2005 |month=November |pmid=16253590 |doi=10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.064 |url=}}</ref>  


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Challenges of Calcified Lesions

  • The presence of coronary calcification reduces the compliance of the vessel, and may predispose to dissections at calcified plaque–normal wall interface after balloon angioplasty
  • The presence of coronary calcification also reduces the ability to cross chronic total occlusions, and, in severely calcified lesions, stent strut expansion is inversely correlated with the circumferential arc of calcium. [1]
  • The presence of extensive coronary calcification poses unique challenges for PCI as calcium in the vessel wall leads to irregular and inflexible lumens, and makes the delivery of guidewires, balloons, and stents much more challenging.
  • Extensive coronary calcification also renders the vessel wall rigid, necessitating higher balloon inflation pressures to obtain complete stent expansion, and, on occasion, leading to “undilatable” lesions that resist any achievable balloon expansion pressure.


Calcification in Saphenous Vein Grafts (SVGs)

Calcifications noted within SVGs are generally within the reference vessel wall rather than within the lesion, and are associated with older graft age, insulin–dependent diabetics, and smoking. [2]

Angiographic Evaluation

Coronary artery calcium is an important marker for coronary atherosclerosis. Conventional coronary angiography has limited sensitivity for the detection of smaller amounts of calcium, and only moderately sensitive for the detection of extensive lesion calcium (sensitivity 60% and 85% for three- and four-quadrant calcium, respectively). [3]

Treatment

Rotational atherectomy effectively ablates vessel wall calcification and facilitates stent delivery and complete stent expansion

  • Rotational atherectomy in severe lesion calcification: Rotational atherectomy is the preferred pretreatment method in patients with severe lesion calcification, particularly ostial lesions, and facilitates the delivery and expansion of coronary stents by creating microdissection planes within the fibrocalcific plaque. Yet even with these contemporary methods, the presence of moderate or severe coronary calcification is associated with reduced procedural success and higher complication rates[4], including stent dislodgement.
  • Rotational atherectomy in mild-moderate calcifications: In less severly calcified lesion, no differences in restenosis rates were found after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation in calcified and non calcified vessels. [5]

References

  1. Vavuranakis M, Toutouzas K, Stefanadis C, Chrisohou C, Markou D, Toutouzas P (2001). "Stent deployment in calcified lesions: can we overcome calcific restraint with high-pressure balloon inflations?". Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 52 (2): 164–72. PMID 11170322. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Castagna MT, Mintz GS, Ohlmann P; et al. (2005). "Incidence, location, magnitude, and clinical correlates of saphenous vein graft calcification: an intravascular ultrasound and angiographic study". Circulation. 111 (9): 1148–52. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000157160.69812.55. PMID 15723972. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD; et al. (1995). "Patterns of calcification in coronary artery disease. A statistical analysis of intravascular ultrasound and coronary angiography in 1155 lesions". Circulation. 91 (7): 1959–65. PMID 7895353. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Wilensky RL, Selzer F, Johnston J; et al. (2002). "Relation of percutaneous coronary intervention of complex lesions to clinical outcomes (from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry)". Am. J. Cardiol. 90 (3): 216–21. PMID 12127606. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. Moussa I, Ellis SG, Jones M; et al. (2005). "Impact of coronary culprit lesion calcium in patients undergoing paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation (a TAXUS-IV sub study)". Am. J. Cardiol. 96 (9): 1242–7. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.064. PMID 16253590. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)


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