Clinical Outcomes of Atherectomy Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Comparative Assessment of Atherectomy in Patients With Obesity (COAP-PCI Subanalysis).

CONCLUSION: In this study assessing atherectomy in obese patients, OA and RA demonstrated comparable outcomes with complication rates within an acceptable range. It demonstrates that OA and RA can be safely performed in this high-risk patient subset with CAC. PMID: 30318482 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30318482?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - October 16, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research