Super High-Pressure Balloon versus Scoring Balloon to Prepare Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions: The ISAR-CALC Randomized Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with severely calcified coronary artery lesions, preparation with super high-pressure balloon versus scoring balloon was associated with comparable stent expansion on intravascular imaging and a signal toward improved angiographic performance. PMID: 33258774 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33258774?dopt=Abstract

Source: EuroIntervention - December 2, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research

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