Superficial femoral artery (SFA) is commonly diseased in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. Endovascular treatments have been more effectively used for SFA occlusions with new techniques and devices. Retrograde popliteal access has been used as an alternative to increase the success rate of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of SFA after a failed antegrade attempt. Although orbital atherectomy (OA) has been used effectively to treat SFA occlusions, there are no reports of use of OA by retrograde popliteal approach.
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis
December 2024
The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute and The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.. Electronic address:
The presence and severity of calcified coronary plaque negatively impacts angiographic and clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Severe coronary calcification is associated with suboptimal stent delivery, deployment, apposition and expansion which can lead to in-stent restenosis and/or thrombosis. Severe coronary calcification is associated with incremental hazard for adverse clinical events, including death, during 5-10 years following PCI despite the use of new generation drug- eluting stents.
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December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital, Hiratsuka, Japan.
Objectives: Endovascular therapy (EVT) for calcified nodules in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains challenging in achieving favorable outcomes. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of orbital atherectomy (OA) for calcified nodules using an IM catheter to precisely control the device and achieve optimal engagement with the target lesion.
Methods: We performed EVT for a calcified nodule in the right common femoral artery using an OA.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Kettering General Hospital, Interventional Cardiologist, Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
J Endovasc Ther
November 2024
Department of Vascular Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Background: The optimal endovascular method to treat infrapopliteal chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) remains to be determined, given the limitations of stent use in infrapopliteal artery disease. We performed a network meta-analysis (NWM) of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to simultaneously compare the outcomes of different balloon angioplasty procedures for infrapopliteal artery lesions in CLTI patients.
Methods: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, and PubMed.
Interv Cardiol
October 2024
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK.
Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide despite advancements in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). With an increasing ageing population, there is a significant challenge in addressing severe calcification in atherosclerotic plaque during angioplasty. This review article focuses on atherectomy strategies such as rotational atherectomy (RA), orbital atherectomy (OA) and excimer laser coronary angioplasty (ELCA) aimed at modifying calcified lesions and improving PCI outcomes.
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