Calcified Lesions
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چکیده
In 1988, the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Assessment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures published a report regarding appropriate utilization of PTCA in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease. In that report, moderate-to-heavy calcification (Type B characteristic) was considered an important risk factor for procedural failure and acute closure. Recent data suggest that better acute outcomes can be readily achieved using a multi-device revascularization strategy.
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