17 May 2022
How to deal with calcified lesions
Anchorperson:
E. Barbato
Moderator:
M. McEntegart
Summary
View the recorded case of a 76-year-old former smoker male patient with hypertension and dyslipidemia and a history of distal RCA and mid-LAD PCI in 2003, CABG and AVR in 2007, and pacemaker implantation for total AV Block, referred to the cathlab for CCS III, and find out more about how he was treated.
Learning Objectives
- To understand the role of intravascular imaging in the assessment of calcified coronary lesions
- To learn the contemporary tools and techniques for optimal plaque modification
- To discuss practical decisional algorithms to select the most appropriate tool in function of calcification severity and extension
