Excimer Laser Angioplasty-Facilitated Fracturing of Napkin-Ring Peri-Stent Calcium in a Chronically Underexpanded Stent: Documentation by Optical Coherence Tomography

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Jul;8(8):e137-e139. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.02.018.
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Keywords: calcium; excimer laser coronary angioplasty; optical coherence tomography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Restenosis / pathology
  • Coronary Restenosis / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Lasers, Excimer*
  • Male
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Calcification / pathology
  • Vascular Calcification / therapy*