Early and Intermediate Outcomes After Rotational Atherectomy in Octogenarian Patients.

OBJECTIVE: To provide information about the use of rotational atherectomy in octogenarians. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From 1993-1996, 26 octogenarians underwent coronary intervention with rotablator at Emory University Hospitals. The total number of lesions were 28 (57% of them in the left artery descending).