FX MiniRAIL™ Catheter Usage for Treatment of De Novo Complex Coronary Lesions: Results from the “OFFAR”

Vitrella, Giancarlo; Sangiorgi, Giuseppe; Kornowski, Ran; Mosseri, Morris; Almagor, Yaron; Ischinger, Thomas; Pavlidis, Gregory; Rodermann, Jörg; Bartorelli, Antonio L.; Wijns, William; Grube, Eberhard; Colombo, Antonio

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8183.2006.00140.x

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“…A cutting balloon consists of three microknifes and is effective in degrading plaque, but its high profile hinders its use in tortuous vessels (3)(4)(5). The FX MiniRAIL balloon system looks like a cutting balloon but it has two wires over the balloon instead of microknifes (3,6). Rotablation atherectomy is mostly used in CNELs.…”

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“…These lesions are usually aged, and performing PCI on them may be complicated by insufficient expansion of the balloon, dissection, perforation and acute occlusion (1). If expansion of the lesion via balloon inflation is insufficient, cutting the balloon (1,(3)(4)(5), deploying a FX miniRAIL balloon (6) and rotablation (1,7) are most often used to facilitate the procedure. The tornus is a penetration device developed for chronic total occlusions (CTOs) (1,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) and there are limited data about its use in CNELs.…”

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Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

Temız¹,

Bostan²

2014

Erciyes Med J

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Coronary angiography (CAG) was performed on a 78-year-old female patient due to class III angina. A calcified critical obstruction was demonstrated in the right coronary artery (RCA). An attempt at percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) failed to dilatate the lesion despite high balloon pressure. In a second attempt the lesion was dilatated with the balloon after implementing a tornus penetration device, and then a stent was implanted. A dissection occurred after the stent implantation and it was treated with another stent. The treatment of lesions that cannot be dilatated using conventional PTCA techniques and the role of the tornus penetration device in such cases are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

Temız¹,

Bostan²

2014

Erciyes Med J

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“…However, the potential technical advantages of cutting balloons over conventional POBA have engendered the development of other atherotomy devices. The FX miniRAIL™ (Abbott Vascular, CA, USA) uses a dual wire platform of external stainless steel wires that score the plaque with balloon inflation [35]. However, despite achieving US FDA approval in 2003, this device is not being actively marketed in the USA.…”

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AngioSculpt^®scoring balloon catheter: an atherotomy device for coronary and peripheral interventions

Singh¹,

Kirtane²,

Moses³

2010

Interventional Cardiology

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“…The FX miniRAIL TM (Abbott Vascular, CA, USA) can score the plaque and it contains a platform of external stainless-steel wires [31].…”

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Coronary Artherectomy and Treatment of Calcified Coronaries

Rohit¹

2021

RIJCCM

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Since the introduction of fi rst balloon angioplasty, the fi eld of interventional cardiology has come a long way and witnessed the development of numerous tools and techniques. However, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of heavily calcifi ed coronary artery lesions has always remained as a challenging scenario as appropriate dilation of these lesions is diffi cult which may lead to inadequate stent deployment and ultimately reduce overall procedural success, increase angiographic complications and subsequent adverse cardiovascular events. Recently, plaque modifi cation using dedicated cutting and scoring balloons and with various atherectomy devices has become progressively more important in the management of severely calcifi ed coronary lesions. It alters the morphology of the lesion and improves the feasibility of PCI in severely calcifi ed coronary lesions with an extremely high success rate and a favorable safety profi le. All available atherectomy devices are characterized with diverse design, diff erent mechanism of plaque modifi cation, and indications. In this review, we will discuss various plaque modifi cation strategies, with a particular focus on current atherectomy devices as they are commonly used for severely calcifi ed coronary lesions.

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FX MiniRAIL™ Catheter Usage for Treatment of De Novo Complex Coronary Lesions: Results from the “OFFAR”

Abstract: The results of the OFFAR suggest that FX utilization for treatment of de novo complex coronary lesions is safe and effective.

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

AngioSculpt^®scoring balloon catheter: an atherotomy device for coronary and peripheral interventions

Coronary Artherectomy and Treatment of Calcified Coronaries

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FX MiniRAIL™ Catheter Usage for Treatment of De Novo Complex Coronary Lesions: Results from the “OFFAR”

Abstract: The results of the OFFAR suggest that FX utilization for treatment of de novo complex coronary lesions is safe and effective.

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

Use of Tornus for a Lesion That is Easily Balloon Crossable but No Expandible Despite High Pressure

AngioSculpt®scoring balloon catheter: an atherotomy device for coronary and peripheral interventions

Coronary Artherectomy and Treatment of Calcified Coronaries

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AngioSculpt^®scoring balloon catheter: an atherotomy device for coronary and peripheral interventions