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Undilatable calcific lesion even after rotational atherectomy

19 Dec 2019

View this very uncommon case in which balloons do not expand even after a rather aggressive rotational atherectomy: a 43-year-old male with hypertension, smoking and dyslipidemia presents with total occlusion of proximal left anterior descending artery with fresh thrombus...

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Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Concetta Mammone

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Concetta Mammone
Undilatable calcific lesion even after rotational atherectomy

How should I treat with rotational atherectomy a TAVI candidate

18 Sep 2019

This is the case of an 84-year-old woman in good general condition, with severe AVS on medical management, chronic atrial fibrillation and admitted with heart failure and chest pain...

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Flavio Luciano Ribichini
RA after TAVI

Rotational atherectomy in anterior STEMI

20 Aug 2019

This is the case of an 83-year-old woman with arterial hypertension, hypercolesterolemia, onset of continuous chest pain at rest with anterior STEMI on ECG and medicated with ASA and Ticagrelor and transferred to the cathlab.

Author

Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Rotational atherectomy in anterior STEMI

Does metallic stent ablation by rotational atherectomy influence on the coronary microcirculation?

09 Jul 2019

An 80-year-old man underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with a bare-metal stent for severe stenosis at proximal left anterior descending coronary artery 13 years ago. In-stent restenosis was treated by a drug-eluting stent 1 year later...

Influence of stent ablation on the coronary microcirculation

Calcified lesions

05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

Watch this LIVE demonstration from National University Heart Centre (Singapore) to discover how they managed the case of a 69 years-old male with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia suffering from a calcified triple vessel disease.

Calcified lesions

Managing calcified lesion: a never ending challenge

05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn more about the various techniques to treat calcified lesion (OPN, tornus, laser, rotablation, orbital atherectomy, shock wave lithotripsy), and how to deal with potential complications.

Managing calcified lesion: a never ending challenge

Defining together a treatment strategy for calcified CAD in a patient with multivessel disease

20 Jun 2019

This is the case of a 68 year old female patient, autonomous and physically robust. She has been diabetic for 10 years, but without cardio-vascular antecedents. She was admitted for chest pain at rest, lasting around 70 minutes with signs of STEMI in the inferior leads...

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Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Strategy for calcified CAD in a patient with MVD

Step-by-step decision planning on how to deal with a «simple surgical case», but a potentially troublesome PCI lesion

25 Jul 2019

This is the case of an 84 year old man, widower, with initial cognitive decay, living with his sons and daugthers - non autonomous but physically robust. He was admitted for chest pain at rest after weeks of worsening angina, and underwent coronary angiography within 48h...

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Flavio Luciano Ribichini
Step-by-step decision planning on how to deal with a «simple surgical case», but a potentially troublesome PCI lesion

Coronary intravascular lithotripsy using Shockwave technology

In the last year the use of Shockwave technology has rapidly expanded, with more than 3,000 cases of coronary intravascular lithotripsy performed in Europe. Join Jonathan Hill (UK), Benjamin Honton (France) and Nikos Werner (Germany) as they look at the real-world applications of this technology. Find...

Coronary intravascular lithotripsy

Treatment of calcified coronary lesions: rotablation and beyond

24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on calcified coronary lesions to learn all about treatment strategies, with clinical cases such as in-stent stenosis due to stent underexpansion, rotablation and provisionnal stenting approach, and more!

Treatment of calcified coronary lesions: rotablation and beyond