title: [Treatment for coronary artery calcification].
abstract: Coronary calcification frequently coexists with coronary atherosclerosis. Diagnosis methods are traditional coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound, electron beam CT and muti-slice CT. Treatment for patients with calcified coronary arteries is troublesome. Rotablator or laser atherectomy are candidates for the treatment in coronary intervention. In bypass surgery, calcified area should be avoided for anastomosis. Treatment for coronary calcification itself is not standardized at present.
authors.affiliation: Tokai University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikari
mesh_terms: D017073:Atherectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional