title: Complex percutaneous coronary intervention of the left coronary artery with rotational atherectomy in an 84-year-old dialysed patient.
abstract: Coronary artery disease in patients with end-stage renal disease occurs several dozen times more often than in the general population. Atherosclerotic changes in coronary arteries in dialysed patients are more diffused and calcified, which hampers the percutaneous coronary angioplasty. We present a case of an 84-year-old dialysed patient, in whom complex percutaneous coronary intervention of the left anterior descending artery was performed with the use of rotational atherectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zalewska-Adamiec
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kralisz
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland ; Department of Clinical Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bachórzewska-Gajewska
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobrzycki
keywords: haemodialysis; percutaneous coronary angioplasty; rotational atherectomy