Why the study?
Does cutting balloon angioplasty improve acute gain and procedural success compared to plain balloon angioplasty in patients with moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions?
Population
29 patients with 37 angiographically moderate and severe calcified coronary lesions
Comparison
Cutting balloon angioplasty vs Plain balloon predilatation or expected gain…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support cutting balloon after predilatation in calcified lesions; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Does cutting balloon angioplasty improve acute gain and procedural success compared to plain balloon angioplasty in patients with moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions?
Cutting balloon angioplasty is feasible, safe, and provides greater acute gain than plain balloon angioplasty for moderate to severe calcified coronary lesions.
Karvouni et al. (2001) studied this question.
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