Vascular Response after Directional Coronary Atherectomy for Left Main Bifurcation Lesion.
Norihiro KobayashiMasahiro YamawakiMana HiraishiShinsuke MoriMasakazu TsutsumiYohsuke HondaToshiki ChishikiKenji MakinoShigemitsu ShiraiMasafumi MizusawaKohei YamaguchiTakahide NakanoKaori AbeTomoya FukagawaToshihiko KishidaYoshiaki ItoPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2021)
The main vascular responses associated with lumen enlargement after DCA were plaque reduction and vessel expansion. Contribution of vessel expansion to lumen enlargement was larger than the effect of plaque reduction in large vessel lesions.