@Article{Wojtczak2012,
journal="Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej",
issn="1734-9338",
volume="8",
number="2",
year="2012",
title="Coronary rotational atherectomy in patients with unsuccessful classical angioplasty –  in-hospital and six-month follow-up",
abstract=" Background:  The data regarding follow-up of high-risk patients after coronary rotational atherectomy (RA) are poor.   Aim : The aim of this study was to evaluate the in-hospital and 6-month outcome of patients with uncrossable or undilatable lesions who were treated with RA.   Material and methods:  The RA was performed in 62 consecutive patients (mean EuroSCORE: 6.8 ±4) and all of them were enrolled. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were defined as all-cause death, cardiac death, stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), target lesion revascularization (TLR), and target vessel revascularization (TVR).   Results:  The procedural success rate was 94%. The incidence of MACE was 9.7% in hospital (6 MIs, 3 of them with signs of ischemia) and 9.7% at 6-month follow-up (2 deaths, 3 MIs, 1 TLR). Death occurred in 2 patients (3%): due to definite stent thrombosis, and because of acute heart failure in a patient with low ejection fraction (EF).    Conclusions : In this very high risk population RA provides good outcomes with relatively low risk of MACE.",
author="Wojtczak, Marcin
and Kubler, Piotr
and Ferenc, Mirosław
and Jankowska, Ewa A.
and Telichowski, Artur
and Zimoch, Wojciech
and Banasiak, Waldemar
and Ponikowski, Piotr
and Reczuch, Krzysztof",
pages="85--90",
doi="10.5114/pwki.2012.29648",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2012.29648"
}