Calcified lesions

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This section revolves around the complexity of calcified coronary lesions and their treatment, from specialised balloon technology to atherectomy devices and lithotripsy. Learn all about the value of invasive imaging and coronary physiology, with many clinical cases showing various treatment modalities and strategies.

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Calcified lesions

05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

Watch this LIVE demonstration from National University Heart Centre (Singapore) to discover how they managed the case of a 69 years-old male with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia suffering from a calcified triple vessel disease.

Calcified lesions

Calcified left main lesion PCI

05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover the key clinical data and angiographic reference of a patient presenting with calcified left main lesion PCI.

Calcified left main lesion PCI

Complex distal left main bifurcation lesion

04 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

A 75-year-old male with multiple risk factors and a history of NSTEMI is admitted for staged PCI to his left main bifurcation. His vessels are diffusely calcified…

Complex distal left main bifurcation lesion

Defining together a treatment strategy for calcified CAD in a patient with multivessel disease

20 Jun 2019

This is the case of a 68 year old female patient, autonomous and physically robust. She has been diabetic for 10 years, but without cardio-vascular antecedents. She was admitted for chest pain at rest, lasting around 70 minutes with signs of STEMI in the inferior leads...

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Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Strategy for calcified CAD in a patient with MVD

Step-by-step decision planning on how to deal with a «simple surgical case», but a potentially troublesome PCI lesion

25 Jul 2019

This is the case of an 84 year old man, widower, with initial cognitive decay, living with his sons and daugthers - non autonomous but physically robust. He was admitted for chest pain at rest after weeks of worsening angina, and underwent coronary angiography within 48h...

Author

Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Step-by-step decision planning on how to deal with a «simple surgical case», but a potentially troublesome PCI lesion