Rotational atherectomy: A "survivor" in the drug-eluting stent era

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Zimarino, Marco ^a   Corcos, Thierry ^b   Bramucci, Ezio ^c   Tamburino, Corrado ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS   (France)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcified coronary lesions; In stent restenosis; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Rotational atherectomy; Stent

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ADENOSINE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE MB; DILTIAZEM; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NICARDIPINE; NICORANDIL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PACLITAXEL; PRASUGREL; TICAGRELOR; VASODILATOR AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; DEATH; DEVICES; DIRECTIONAL ATHERECTOMY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXCIMER LASER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84861710155     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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