Clinical Cases in Coronary Rotational Atherectomy: Complex Cases and Complications

ISBN-13: 9783319604886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 200 str.

Reginald Low; Khung Keong Yeo

Opis

This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process in the management of rotational atherectomy procedures by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians. It will be well illustrated but concise, enabling the reader to obtain relevant information regarding both standard and unusual cases in a rapid, easy to digest format. Each case will also include a narrative description and patient management tips.Rotational atherectomy ('rotablator') is used to treat heavily calcified lesions within coronary arteries at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Lesions that are inadequately treated may not be dilatable by balloons; and stents that are implanted in such lesions are at high risk for acute stent thrombosis and stent failure. However, rotablator therapy is high risk and present unique challenges to the interventionalists. Complications are generally uncommon. However, when they do occur, they tend to be disastrous.In this case book, we present a series of rotablator cases: basic, complex cases, difficult cases, complications and unusual situations. Although PCI operators all have some degree of experience with this therapy, each operator is unlikely to have significant experience given the cost of the device and the risk involved. Therefore, this book will provide interventionalists with a valuable compendium of cases which can help them in the management of patients whom they plan to treat with rotational atherectomy.

Spis treści

Basic equipment and set-up.- Preparation and patient optimization.- Changing burrs.- Basic rotablator case.- Ostial RCA case.- Ostial LM case.- Ostial LAD case.- Ostial Circ Case.- Long segment disease case.- ‘Small’ vessel case.- Severe calcification.- Tortuosity case.- CTO case.- STEMI case.- Wiring with rota wire.- Advancing rota wire while rotablating.- Rotablator through under-expanded stent.- Rotablator through LIMA.- Rotablator through SVG.- Rotablator and angiosculpt.- Rotablator and cutting balloon.- Rotablator through stent accordion.- Rotabaltor through LM stent.- Complication: sheared-off wire.- Complication: sheared-off wire.- Complication: burr perforation.- Complication: stuck burr.- Complication: no reflow.- Complication: fractured burr.- Complication: fractured rota-wire.

O autorze

Dr. Low is the Chief of Cardiology and interventional cardiologist at UC Davis Medical Centre. He is a recognized and respected expert in rotational atherectomy and has been involved in rotational atherectomy since its inception in the 1980s. He has also served as a proctor for rotablator therapy. Dr Low has served as faculty at numerous international meetings and conferences such as those of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, AsiaPCR and others.

 Dr. Yeo is Senior Consultant and interventional cardiologist at the National Heart Center Singapore, where he also serves as program director of the cardiology senior residency training program. He has also served as faculty at numerous international meetings and conferences such as those of the American College of Cardiology, EuroPCR, AsiaPCR and others.

Blurb

This book describes and reviews a multitude of different scenarios in coronary rotational atherectomy. This technique is an integral tool in the coronary interventionalist’s armamentarium and is essential in complex coronary interventions. Its use has grown more widespread over the last few years with interventional cardiologists tackling previously ‘untreatable’ coronary lesions. This has made it ever more important that interventionalists and all involved in the management of patients undergoing this procedure should be given practical information on best practice.

Clinical Cases in Coronary Rotational Atherectomy contains over 25 clinical scenarios that reveal the wide extent of patient types, cardiovascular pathology and potential outcomes that the interventionist can experience with it. The book will therefore be of great value to interventional cardiologists, general cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, and all involved in the management of patients undergoing this procedure.