Assessing Intermediate Coronary Lesions

Invasive coronary physiology for assessing intermediate lesions.

A therosclerotic coronary artery narrowings, which provoke myocardial ischemia are the most common cause of angina pectoris and lead to adverse cardiac events. 1 Removing the ischemic potential of a stenosis decreases symptoms and improves outcomes. 2 Invasive coronary angiography remains the primary method for identifying coronary artery stenoses, but its inability to diagnose lesions responsi...

Assessing Intermediate Coronary Lesions: More than Meets the Eye Running title: Fearon; Intermediate Lesions

Assessing intermediate coronary lesions: more than meets the eye.

Is coronary angiography still valuable for assessing intermediate left main coronary artery lesions when compared with intracoronary diagnostic techniques?

of other benign neoplasias. Calcified cardiac tuberculomas are infrequent and there is usually a history of tuberculosis,5 which was not the case for our patient. Cardiac tophaceous pseudogout and tumoral calcinosis are 2 rare entities associated with chronic kidney disease. However, tumoral calcinosis commonly appears as a dense calcium extension on the mitral ring and/or the aortic arch, with...

Assessment of intermediate severity coronary lesions in the catheterization laboratory.

The management of intermediate coronary lesions, defined by a diameter stenosis of 40% to 70%, continues to be a therapeutic dilemma for cardiologists. The 2-dimensional representation of the arterial lesion provided by angiography is limited in distinguishing intermediate lesions that require stenting from those that simply need appropriate medical therapy. In the era of drug-eluting stents, s...