Double "full moon" CTO plaque detected by computed tomography could predict high-grade debulking techniques: A case-report

Giuseppe Panuccio; Carsten Skurk; Ulf Landmesser; Youssef S Abdelwahed

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7325

Double "full moon" CTO plaque detected by computed tomography could predict high-grade debulking techniques: A case-report

Clin Case Rep. 2023 May 18;11(5):e7325. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7325. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Giuseppe Panuccio^{1

2}, Carsten Skurk^{1

3}, Ulf Landmesser^{1

3

4}, Youssef S Abdelwahed^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité Berlin Berlin Germany.
² Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Magna Graecia University Catanzaro Italy.
³ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Berlin Germany.
⁴ Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Berlin Germany.

Abstract

Circular heavily calcified "Full Moon" plaques relevance for CTO-PCI remains unclear. This case shows a patient with double "Full Moon" plaques-CTO. Cardiac tomography identified these lesions and allowed to provide adequate debulking equipment. "Full Moon" plaques could predict CTO-PCI complexity. CT can identify these lesions and help planning CTO-PCI for increasing success rates.

Keywords: chronic total occlusions; complex PCI; computed tomography; coronary imaging; full‐moon calcifications; rotational atherectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports