CoronaryFrom the early days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) it became apparent that the presence of severe coronary calcification was a predictor of worse clinical outcomes. In the era of plain old balloon angioplasty, severe coronary calcification was associated with an increased risk of coronary dissection and procedural failure, while in the bare-metal stent era, it was associated with a higher incidence of in-stent restenosis and target lesions revascularisations (TLRs).1,2 The advent of drug-eluting stents (DES) changed the landscape of coronary intervention through the reduced risk of restenosis and TLR, thereby allowing the interventional treatment of complex lesions and high-risk patients.However, a recent patient-level pooled analysis from seven contemporary stent trials revealed that patients with severely calcified lesions still have worse clinical outcomes compared with those without severe coronary calcification.3 Patients with severe lesion calcification were less likely to have undergone complete revascularisation, resulting in a higher residual Syntax score, which is a powerful determinant of prognosis. The latest ACCF/AHA/SCAI and ESC/EACTS PCI guidelines and European expert consensus on rotational atherectomy state that rotational atherectomy has a limited role in facilitating the dilation or stenting of lesions that cannot be crossed or expanded with PCI.
7-12Rotational atherectomy should not be performed routinely for de novo lesions or in-stent restenosis. The purpose of this review is to provide insights for procedural considerations and patient selection from the currently available publications assessing the OAS.
Diamondback 360 ® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy SystemThe Diamondback 360 ® Coronary OAS is the device to facilitate stent delivery in patients who are acceptable candidates for PCI due to de novo, severely calcified coronary artery lesions (see Figure 1).The Diamondback 360 ® Coronary OAS is the device to facilitate stent delivery in patients who are acceptable candidates for PCI due to
AbstractDespite advances in technology, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of severely calcified coronary lesions remains challenging.Rotational atherectomy is one of the current therapeutic options to manage calcified lesions, but has a limited role in facilitating the dilation or stenting of lesions that cannot be crossed or expanded with other PCI techniques due to unfavourable clinical outcome in long-term follow-up. However the results of orbital atherectomy presented in the ORBIT I and ORBIT II trials were encouraging. In addition to these encouraging data, necessity for sufficient lesion preparation before implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds lead to resurgence in the use of atherectomy. This article summarises currently available publications on orbital atherectomy (Cardiovascular Systems Inc.) and compares them with rotational atherectomy.
KeywordsOrbital atherectomy system, percutaneous coronary intervention, severely calcified lesion