Rotatripsy: A Hybrid "Drill and Disrupt" Approach for Treating Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions.

Rotatripsy: A Hybrid "Drill and Disrupt" Approach for Treating Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions.
J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Jun;32(6):E175
Authors: Aznaouridis K, Bonou M, Masoura C, Kapelios C, Tousoulis D, Barbetseas J
Abstract
In balloon-uncrossable calcified lesions, rotational atherectomy (RA) is the first-line modality to enable operators to advance balloons and stents over the stenosis. If the lesion is undilatable after RA, a hybrid approach with additional intracoronary lithotripsy (rotatripsy) can be an effective approach that further modifies the calcified plaque and enables stent delivery.
PMID: 32479423 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - June 3, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research