Despite advances in prevention and optimal medical therapy, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Cardiologists first put a balloon through the artery to make the opening big enough for the stent to fit in permanently.

The ideal stent to treat very calcified lesions needs (1) a high radial force to resist the elastic recoil and radial crush and (2) a moderate outward expansive force to provide sufficient vessel ...

The PINNCALE I clinical trial enrolled 60 patients with calcified lesions across Belgium and the Netherlands. The prospective, single-arm study’s endpoint was optimal stent expansion after final ...

The deposition of this mineral on plaques in our heart arteries can contribute to chest pain and heart attacks.

For calcified lesions, using the scoring device is suggested, and the necrotic core, which could act as a measurement of plaque vulnerability, is suggested to be covered with stent. It will be ...

This burr spins 360 degrees, scraping and grinding away the calcified deposits inside the arteries. By breaking the calcium into extremely small particles, it creates a smooth arterial surface, ...