Expanded applications of rotational atherectomy in contemporary coronary and peripheral interventional practice.
Percutaneous rotational atherectomy is mainly utilized in contemporary interventional practice to alter lesion compliance, facilitating stent delivery and antirestenotic drug delivery at the site of the underlying lesion. This enables a percutaneous revascularization strategy in a group of patients who would otherwise require a surgical revascularization. We identify and present three novel uses for this device in percutaneous coronary and peripheral interventional procedures, which further expands the applications of rotational atherectomy.
Mahmud
Ehtisham
E
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8784, USA. emahmud@ucsd.edu
Keramati
Shahin
S
Salami
Ali
A
Palakodeti
Vachaspathi
V
Tsimikas
Sotirios
S
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017225:Atherectomy, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome