Orbital atherectomy no better than balloon angioplasty

For patients with severely calcified coronary lesions, routine treatment with orbital atherectomy prior to drug-eluting stent implantation does not yield greater minimal stent area or reduce the rate of target vessel failure compared with conventional balloon angioplasty, according to a study presented at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, held from Oct. 27 to 30 in Washington, D.C.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

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