Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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Predictors of major adverse cardiac events, high radiation exposure, and contrast use in percutaneous coronary interventions for calcified lesions

Christos N. Bousis
1
,
Evaggelia Kalampoki
2
,
Anna Kotsia
2
,
Pavlos Karanikis
2
,
Athanasios Kosovitsas
2
,
Eleni Tzima
2
,
Vasiliki Beli
2
,
Evgenia Pappa
2

  1. Medical Physics Department, General Hospital of Ioannina “CHATZIKOSTA”, Ioannina, Greece
  2. Cardiology Clinic, Haemodynamics Department, General Hospital of Ioannina “CHATZIKOSTA”, Ioannina, Greece
Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 1 (83): 8–20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.160014
Online publish date: 2026/03/09
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