Characteristics of calcified nodule attributable to culprit lesion in acute coronary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

RB Kurniawan, PBT Saputra, AUDU Haq, DD Purwati… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
The presence of calcified nodules (CN) is a significant characteristic of atherothrombosis in
acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, its characteristics continue to be understudied …

[HTML][HTML] Intracoronary Diagnostics in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Q Sun, M Liu, M Zeng, H Jia - Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - imrpress.com
Despite the increasing number of coronary interventions in China, long-term adverse
cardiovascular events remain high, especially in patients with acute coronary syndromes …

Rotational atherectomy for chronically and totally occluded coronary lesions: A propensity score-matched outcomes study

TC Tsai, WJ Lo, WJ Chen, CH Lai, CS Su… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Despite advances being made in techniques and devices, certain chronic total
occlusion (CTO) lesions remain uncrossable or undilatable. Rotational atherectomy (RA) is …

Comprehensive clinical assessment of coronary plaque phenotype: integrating optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound co-registration

F Alfonso, D Del Val, F Prati - Coronary artery disease, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Intracoronary imaging provides unique insights on the characteristics and structure of
atherosclerotic plaques [1, 2]. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and more recently optical …

Moderate and heavy alcohol drinking were positively associated with severe coronary artery calcification in Chinese men, while smoking was not.

Y Xin, L Fan, Y Zhuo, Q He, Z Xu, Z Yin, J Gu, Y Fan… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Previous studies reached inconsistent conclusions about the relationship
between alcohol or cigarette consumption and coronary artery calcification (CAC). We aim to …

[HTML][HTML] Renal Dysfunction Increases Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in 5-Year Follow-Up Study of Intermediate Coronary Artery Lesions

P Baruś, J Hunia, R Kaczorowski… - … Medical Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Progression of chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) is influenced by chronic
kidney disease (CKD). This 5-year follow-up study aimed to assess 100 patients with 118 …