Low-speed rotational atherectomy with substantial debulking results in favourable long-term survival. A retrospective observational study of 889 consecutive cases.

CONCLUSIONS: Substantial debulking with RA continues to have a role in the treatment of calcified coronaries. We hypothesize that RA with low platform speed and substantial debulking with a burr-to-artery ratio up to 0.64 results in favourable long-time survival outcome in patients with high plaque burden. However, this could only be proven by a prospective randomized trial.
PMID: 30835326 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Kardiologia Polska - March 4, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gaul G, Viertl N, Austin PC, Friedrich O, Winkler M, Sipötz J Tags: Kardiol Pol Source Type: research