ROTABLATOR VS. ANGIOPLASTY: REINTERVENTION RATE 11% HIGHER
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
ROTABLATOR VS. ANGIOPLASTY: REINTERVENTION RATE 11% HIGHER for rotational atherectomy with the Rotablator than for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty when performed on complex lesions, Michel Vandormael, Heart Center & Red Cross Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, et al., reported Nov. 15 at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Dallas. The researchers' conclusion was based on nine-month follow-up of a 620-patient, single-center randomized trial investigating procedural and angiographic results in patients treated with rotational atherectomy, excimer laser angioplasty, and PTCA.