ReviewClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2023
Rotational atherectomy of calcified coronary lesions: current practice and insights from two randomized trials.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Safety and feasibility of rotational atherectomy in chronic total occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative Outcomes of Rotational Versus Orbital Atherectomy in Calcified Coronary Lesions: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cardiovascular therapeutics · 2026Pooled it
- Modified balloons to prepare severely calcified coronary lesions before stent implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of the incidence of slow flow following rotational atherectomy to severely calcified coronary artery lesions between short single session and long single session strategies: the randomized ROTASOLO trial.Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics · 2025Trial
- In-Hospital and 1-Year Outcomes of Octogenarian and Nonagenarian Patients with Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions Treated with Rotational Atherectomy.Cardiology and therapy · 2026Article
- Rotablator Burr Disconnection: Can This Rare Complication Be Predicted and How to Manage?JACC. Case reports · 2025Article
- Clinical and Inflammatory Outcomes of Rotational Atherectomy in Calcified Coronary Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Successful management of a calcified coronary nodule with intravenous lithotripsy: a case report and review of literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Review
- Simulation and experimental study on processing behavior of coronary artery calcified tissue removal.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Transradial Versus Transfemoral Approach in Rotational Atherectomy: Results from the Rotational Atherectomy in Calcified Lesions in Korea (ROCK) Registry.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes of Rotational Atherectomy in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The application of rotational atherectomy in PCI for patients with complex coronary artery calcified lesions.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- A Case Report on the Use of Rotational Atherectomy for the Effective Management of Calcified Lesions.Cureus · 2025Article
- Rota-Tripsy or step-up-approach rotational atherectomy for severe coronary artery calcification treatment: a comparative effectiveness study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Rotational Atherectomy, Orbital Atherectomy, and Intravascular Lithotripsy Comparison for Calcified Coronary Lesions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Safety and Efficacy of Orbital Atherectomy in the All-Comer Population: Mid-Term Results of the Lower Silesian Orbital Atherectomy Registry (LOAR).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Planned versus unplanned rotational atherectomy for plaque modification in severely calcified coronary lesions.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023Article
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- Prophylactic Intravenous Aminophylline for Preventing Bradyarrhythmias During Coronary Atherectomy: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & InterventionsArticle
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Abstract
With growing experience, technical improvements and use of newer generation drug-eluting stents (DES), recent data showed satisfactory acute and long-term results after rotational atherectomy (RA) in calcified coronary lesions. The randomized ROTAXUS and PREPARE-CALC trials compared RA to balloon-based strategies in two different time periods in the DES era. In this manuscript, we assessed the technical evolution in RA practice from a pooled analysis of the RA groups of both trials and established a link to further recent literature. Furthermore, we sought to summarize and analyze the available experience with RA in different patient and lesion subsets, and propose recommendations to improve RA practice. We also illustrated the combination of RA with other methods of lesion preparation. Finally, based on the available evidence, we propose a simple and practical approach to treat severely calcified lesions.
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