Effect of orbital atherectomy in calcified coronary artery lesions as assessed by optical coherence tomography.
Myong Hwa YamamotoAkiko MaeharaSung Sik KimKohei KoyamaSong-Yi KimMasaru IshidaAkiko FujinoElizabeth S HaagDragos AlexandruAllen JeremiasFernando A SosaKeyvan Karimi GalougahiAjay J KirtaneJeffrey W MosesZiad A AliGary S MintzRichard A ShlofmitzPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
Calcium modification by OA facilitates poststent calcium fracture even in thick calcium. Greater calcium modification correlated with greater calcium fracture, in turn resulting in better stent expansion.