title: Coronary rotational ablation for unsuccessful angioplasty due to failure to cross the stenosis with a dilatation catheter.
abstract: Attempted coronary angioplasty of a right coronary artery sub-total occlusion was unsuccessful due to failure to cross the lesion with the dilatation catheter. Both fixed-wire and over-the-wire systems were tried. Coronary rotational ablation was successful in reducing the stenosis and allowing successful angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Penn
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence