Reasons for lesion uncrossability as assessed by intravascular ultrasound.
Hanan SalemGary S MintzMitsuaki MatsumuraMingyou ZhangEisuke UsuiFumiyasu SeikeTatsuhiro FujimuraMasahiko NoguchiXun HuGe JinChenguang LiKhady N FallZiad A AliAjay J KirtaneMichael B CollinsSusheel K KodaliTamim M NazifMartin B LeonJeffrey W MosesDimitri KarmpaliotisAkiko MaeharaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)
Uncrossable lesions are not always severely calcified. The interaction of lesion morphology (continuous long and large arcs of calcium) and vessel geometry (bend in the vessel or ostial lesion location) affect lesion crossability.