Trial reportJournal of interventional cardiology2020
Impact of Lesion Preparation Technique on Side Branch Compromise in Calcified Coronary Bifurcations: A Subgroup Analysis of the PREPARE-CALC Trial.
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- Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy in Clinical Practice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Clinical expert consensus document on rotational atherectomy from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics: update 2026.Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics · 2026Review
- Drug-Coated Balloons in Coronary Bifurcation Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Intravascular Lithotripsy for Calcific Coronary Bifurcations: Procedural Success and 1-Year Clinical Outcomes.Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions · 2025Observational
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- Clinical and Inflammatory Outcomes of Rotational Atherectomy in Calcified Coronary Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Percutaneous coronary intervention for calcified and resistant lesions.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
- Clinical outcomes of single- versus two-stent PCI technique in severely calcified true bifurcation lesions after rotational atherectomy.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024Article
- SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Calcified Coronary Lesions.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2024Article
- Rotational atherectomy of calcified coronary lesions: current practice and insights from two randomized trials.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023Review
- The 17th expert consensus document of the European Bifurcation Club - techniques to preserve access to the side branch during stepwise provisional stenting.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- Clinical expert consensus document on rotational atherectomy from the Japanese association of cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics: update 2023.Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics · 2023Review
- Contemporary Interventional Approach to Calcified Coronary Artery Disease.Korean circulation journal · 2023Review
- Percutaneous coronary intervention of bifurcation lesions.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2022Article
- Angiographic predictors of unplanned rotational atherectomy in complex calcified coronary artery disease: a pooled analysis from the randomised ROTAXUS and PREPARE-CALC trials.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2022Article
- Feasibility and safety of minimal-contrast IVUS-guided rotational atherectomy for complex calcified coronary artery disease.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2021Article
- Side Branch is the Main Determinant Factor of Bifurcation Lesion Complexity: Critical Review with a Proposal Based on Single-centre Experience.Heart international · 2021Review
- Intravascular Lithotripsy for Calcified Left Main Artery Disease.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & InterventionsReview
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Abstract
objectivesTo analyze the impact of different techniques of lesion preparation of severely calcified coronary bifurcation lesions.
backgroundThe impact of different techniques of lesion preparation of severely calcified coronary bifurcation lesions is poorly investigated.
methodsWe performed an as-treated analysis on 47 calcified bifurcation lesions treated with scoring/cutting balloons (SCB) and 68 lesions treated with rotational atherectomy (RA) in the PREPARE-CALC trial. Compromised side branch (SB) as assessed in the final angiogram was the primary outcome measure and was defined as any significant stenosis, dissection, or thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow <3.
resultsTrue bifurcation lesions were present in 49% vs. 43% of cases in the SCB and RA groups, respectively. After stent implantation, SB balloon dilatation was necessary in around one-third of cases (36% vs. 38%;
conclusionsIn the PREPARE-CALC trial, side branch compromise was more frequently observed after lesion preparation with SCB as compared with RA. Consequently, in calcified bifurcation lesions, an upfront debulking with an RA-based strategy might optimize the result in the side branch.
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