Orbital Atherectomy in Severely Calcified Visceral Artery Lesions

The use of endovascular techniques such as angioplasty and stent placement to treat chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) has become an effective alternative to open surgical repair, with decreased risk of complications and satisfactory success rates (1). However, extensively calcified lesions can be technically challenging to navigate, have higher restenosis rates, and may be unamenable to these techniques secondary to calcific balloon expansion limitations (1). Orbital atherectomy devices have been successfully used to treat severely calcified and stenotic lesions in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) as well as coronary lesions (2).
Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research