Rotational atherectomy for the treatment of restenotic ostial side branches jailed by prior stent placement

H L Dauerman; D J Cohen; J P Carrozza Jr; R E Kuntz; D S Baim

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199804)43:4<447::aid-ccd20>3.0.co;2-f

Rotational atherectomy for the treatment of restenotic ostial side branches jailed by prior stent placement

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Apr;43(4):447-50. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199804)43:4<447::aid-ccd20>3.0.co;2-f.

Authors

H L Dauerman¹, D J Cohen, J P Carrozza Jr, R E Kuntz, D S Baim

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

PMID: 9554776
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199804)43:4<447::aid-ccd20>3.0.co;2-f

Abstract

This report describes the treatment by rotational atherectomy of three restenotic ostial diagonal lesions that originated within stented segments of the left anterior descending artery. Excellent results were obtained without complications to stent architecture.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atherectomy, Coronary*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / therapy*
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Recurrence
Stents*