Cutting and stenting in a heavily calcified left anterior descending artery lesion.
The significance of heavily calcified proximal left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis in a 57-year-old man was assessed physiologically using a Doppler flow wire. Intravascular ultrasound guidance allowed for adequate dilatation with a cutting balloon and optimization of stent deployment. The cutting balloon offers an effective alternative in this challenging scenario.
Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 1C8.
David
D
Meerkin
Jean-Claude
JC
Tardif
Olivier F
OF
Bertrand
Raoul
R
Bonan
D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional