title: [New studies, new trends: directional coronary atherectomy].
abstract: Despite theoretical advantages of Directional Coronary Atherectomy (DCA) vs. PTCA, the first two controlled studies comparing both methods, the Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial (CAVEAT), and the Canadian Coronary Atherectomy Trial (CCAT), showed no clinical benefit of DCA, A second generation of trials, the Optimal Atherectomy Restenosis Study (OARS) and the Balloon versus Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT), designed to optimize DCA with the use of 7F devices and adjunctive PTCA revealed lower angiographic restenosis rates compared to CAVEAT. In addition, the preliminary follow-up results of BOAT, presented by Donald S. Baim in Birmingham in August 1996, showed a 20% reduction of angiographic restenosis after DCA compared to PTCA. There was no association between post-procedure CK-MB elevation in the DCA group and late mortality. These results may further expand the application of DCA to clinical routine, whereas this procedure still has specific indications like treatment of ostial and bifurcation lesions and atherectomy in future may be the treatment of choice for restenosis in coronary stents.
authors.affiliation: Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haberbosch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heizmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waldecker
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tillmanns
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome