title: Comparative study of the angiographic morphology of coronary artery lesions treated with PTCA, directional coronary atherectomy, or high-speed rotational ablation.
abstract: To evaluate trends in morphology-based intervention selection, series of 110 consecutive procedures of each of three devices, percutaneous transluminal balloon coronary angioplasty (PTCA), directional coronary atherectomy (DCA), or high-speed rotational ablation (HSRA), were reviewed. PTCA was used mainly in discrete, concentric, smooth, ACC/AHA type A and B1 lesions. PTCA was used less frequently on a bend, branching points or in calcified lesions. Using PTCA as a reference, DCA was used more often for the treatment of discrete, proximal, eccentric, and noncalcified lesions, often complicated with thrombus and located on straight segments. HSRA was used more frequently in diffuse, calcified multiple complicated and B2+C type lesions with frequent side branches and bend points. These results suggest that directional atherectomy and rotational ablation may be helpful in expanding the capacity of the operator to approach prognostically unfavorable lesions.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Heart Institute, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California 94015.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Stertzer
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Pomerantsev
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Millhouse
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zipkin
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Hidalgo
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Hansell
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Myler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged