Relationship between Coronary Artery Calcification and Coronary Artery Disease: From Diagnosis to Treatment
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 176
Special Issue Editor
Interests: myocardial infarction; stents; acute coronary syndrome
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a highly prevalent pathophenotype that is associated with aging, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, and coronary artery disease (CAD). When present, it portends a worse clinical outcome and predicts major adverse cardiovascular events.
Calcified coronary lesions continue to represent a challenge for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), as they are difficult to dilate, and it is difficult to deliver and implant drug-eluting stents properly. Poor stent deployment is associated with high rates of periprocedural complications and suboptimal long-term clinical outcomes.
Due to the introduction of several adjunctive PCI tools, such as cutting/scoring/high-pressure non-compliant/lithotripsy balloons and atherectomy devices, the treatment of such lesions has become increasingly feasible, predictable, and safe.
Intravascular imaging can identify the need for calcium-modifying therapies and can assess the type of in addition to response to therapy as well as the final stent result.
In this Special Issue, we welcome authors to submit papers on the relationship between coronary artery calcification and coronary artery disease, from diagnosis to treatment.
Dr. George Kassimis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coronary calcification
- intracoronary imaging
- atherectomy
- intravascular lithotripsy
- cutting balloon
- scoring balloon
- high-pressure non-compliant balloon
