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From: Endovascular therapy for severely calcified plaque at the superficial femoral artery using myocardial biopsy forceps

Fig. 2

Removal of calcified plaque using the biopsy forceps. (A) The direction of the guiding sheath was adjusted by manually compressing the puncture site. (B) Contact between the open jaw of the forceps and the calcified plaque was checked using two perpendicular views before grasping. (C) The hollow at the ostium of the SFA (arrow) was created after repeating this procedure 21 times. (D) Removed calcified plaque. SFA, superficial femoral artery

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