A Comparison of Directional Atherectomy with Coronary Angioplasty in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
New England Journal of Medicine 329(4): 221-227
Article 1993 English
Authors
ET
Eric J. Topol
FL
Ferdinand Leya
CP
Cass A. Pinkerton
Abstract
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Directional coronary atherectomy is a new technique of coronary revascularization by which atherosclerotic plaque is excised and retrieved from target lesions. With respect to the rate of restenosis and clinical outcomes, it is not known how this procedure compares with balloon angioplasty, which relies on dilation of the plaque and vessel wall. We compared the rate of restenosis after angioplasty with that after atherectomy.
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