title: How should I treat severe calcific coronary artery disease?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An 80-year-old man with limiting angina pectoris.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, laboratory tests, echocardiography, exercise ECG, coronary arteriography, pressure wire assessment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single severe calcific coronary artery disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for calcific mid-vessel stenosis with rotational and excimer laser atherectomy.
authors: Dorset Heart Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. juan.fernandez@doctors.org.uk
authors: Juan P
authors: JP
authors: Fernandez
authors: Alex R
authors: AR
authors: Hobson
authors: Daniel B
authors: DB
authors: McKenzie
authors: Suneel
authors: S
authors: Talwar
authors: Peter D
authors: PD
authors: O'Kane
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome