Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Other tools for interventional cardiologists have come and gone, but atherectomy technology has persisted and — ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Lesion preparation with upfront high-speed rotational atherectomy is safe, feasible, and more often successful as a primary strategy before DES implantation compared with modified ...

An atherectomy is a minimally invasive procedure to remove plaque buildup from an artery (blood vessel). Removing this plaque allows blood to flow more freely through the artery. An atherectomy treats ...

For patients with peripheral arterial disease, the mainstay of initial treatment is always risk factor modification, ambulation, and compliance with guideline-based medical therapies. However, for ...