Authors
Nishtha Sareen, Usman Baber, Melissa Aquino, Sonny Sayseng, Joseph Sweeny, Nitin Barman, Vishal Kapur, Annapoorna Kini, Samin K Sharma
Publication date
2017/8
Journal
Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Volume
30
Issue
4
Pages
331-337
Description
Objectives
To compare clinical and safety endpoints with use of rotational (RA) and orbital (OA) atherectomy in a large patient population with moderate to severely calcified lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Background
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) has been recognized as a risk factor for adverse outcomes with coronary artery disease (CAD). Though atheroablative techniques, RA and OA have been used extensively, comparison of their clinical and safety endpoints is lacking. Comparison of these two modalities formed the basis of our study.
Methods and Results
Of 12 001 patients who underwent PCI at our institution between January 2013‐December 2015, we studied 998 consecutive patients with severe calcification treated with atheroablation. We assessed clinical outcomes including death, myocardial infarction (MI) and target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 30 days …
Scholar articles
Mid‐term outcomes of consecutive 998 cases of coronary atherectomy in contemporary clinical practice
N Sareen, U Baber, M Aquino, S Sayseng, J Sweeny… - Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2017