Intracoronary Imaging for Calcium Modification: Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography.

1 , 2 With an ageing population and rising prevalence of comorbidities associated with CAC, there has been an increasing trend in the number of PCI performed for patients with heavy CAC. 2 Factors affecting adverse outcomes of PCI for CAC are limited ability of angiography to detect and evaluate CAC and associated features relevant to the PCI outcomes, and insufficient lesion preparation leading to suboptimal stent implantation.

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