title: Pullback atherectomy (PAC) for the treatment of complex bifurcation coronary artery disease.
abstract: We report initial successful results using a novel retrograde cutting (pullback) atherectomy catheter (PAC) to treat complex bifurcation coronary artery disease, in 2 patients. In one case a bifurcation lesion involving the left anterior descending and a large diagonal branch was treated without the need for two-wire or kissing-balloon technique. In the second case a high-grade eccentric lesion of the right coronary artery at the site of a right ventricular marginal branch was treated successfully. This report describes the first clinical application of pullback atherectomy in human coronary circulation, and suggests that this device may play a useful role in the treatment of complex bifurcation coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Fischell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Drexler
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome