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What has been your approach to percutaneous intervention for calcified nodules and threshold for intervention?

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Cardiology · ETSU Health Care

Very high threshold for intervention in these cases. Generally, there is severe calcification all around and sometimes multiple calcified nodules. There has to be a strong indication for me to consider such cases.

I generally start with rotational atherectomy (multiple runs) followed by angioplasty ...

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