title: Percutaneous atherectomy catheters.
abstract: Percutaneous atherectomy catheters have been developed as an alternative to balloon angioplasty for the treatment of atherosclerotic disease. This article summarizes the preliminary experimental and clinical results with these catheters.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Topol
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans