Left coronary artery calcification patterns after coronary bypass graft surgery: An in-vivo optical coherence tomography study.
Rafał R WolnyGary S MintzMitsuaki MatsumuraSong-Yi KimMasaru IshidaAkiko FujinoTetsumin LeeEvan ShlofmitzAlec GoldbergYangbo LiuZixuan ZhangMingyou ZhangXun HuAllen JeremiasGeorge PetrossianRichard A ShlofmitzAkiko MaeharaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Prior CABG is associated with greater amount of calcium in the LMCA and the proximal LCX, as well as higher prevalence of atypical calcium patterns, including CN, thin or lobulated calcium, and calcifications located at the carina of a bifurcation, compared with non-CABG controls.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- coronary artery bypass
- optical coherence tomography
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- pulmonary artery
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery disease
- risk factors
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- aortic valve
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis