November 6th, 2013
Perspective On the First New Atherectomy Device in 20 Years
Kush Agrawal, MD
The 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI PCI guidelines give rotational atherectomy (RA) a Class IIa LOE C recommendation as reasonable to use in cases where heavily calcified coronary lesions either cannot be crossed by a predilation balloon or if crossed cannot be adequately predilated prior to successful stent delivery. Furthermore, routine use of RA is Class III, contraindicated, […]
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