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SynthesisFuture cardiology

Rotational atherectomy with cutting balloon before stenting in severely calcified coronary lesions: a meta-analysis.

Obieda Altobaishat, Mohamed Abouzid, Mohammad Tanashat, Ahmed Mazen Amin, Mustafa Turkmani, Mohamed Abuelazm

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Synthesis in Future cardiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Calcium modifying dedicated balloons: a contemporary review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Obieda AltobaishatFaculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-7213-0507
Mohamed AbouzidDepartment of Physical Pharmacy and Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8917-671X
Mohammad TanashatFaculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-8819-1803
Ahmed Mazen AminFaculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0006-2687-3880
Mustafa TurkmaniFaculty of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4261-0638
Mohamed AbuelazmFaculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2514-0689

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRotational atherectomy (RA) has been proven to treat coronary artery calcification (CAC) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PURPOSE: This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of RA followed by cutting balloon angioplasty (ROTACUT) before stent placement in CAC.

methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies was conducted. PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane were searched through January 2024. We used Stata version 17 to pool dichotomous data using risk ratio (RR) and continuous data using mean difference (MD), with a 95% confidence interval (CI).

resultsEight studies with 846 patients were included. There was no significant difference between ROTACUT and RA + bare balloons in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) (RR:0.60; 95%CI [0.31,1.16],

conclusionROTACUT and RA + bare balloons demonstrated similar efficacy and safety profiles regarding MACE, cardiac death, TVR, TLR, procedural duration, stent thrombosis, and all safety outcomes.

Indexed as

Atherectomy, CoronaryCoronary Artery DiseaseStentsVascular CalcificationAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryHumansPercutaneous Coronary InterventionSeverity of Illness Indexatherectomycutting balloonInterventionalpercutaneous coronary interventionsseverely calcified coronary lesions

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PMID39668109
PMCPMC11731055

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