How Should I Get Prepared for and Treat Rota Burr Entrapment in a Focally Underexpanded and Restenosed Stent: A Case...

Although high-speed rotational atherectomy has been successfully used in selected cases of stent underexpansion secondary to heavy peri-stent calcification, a higher risk of burr entrapment demands extreme caution and surgical back-up on site. The main cause of this complication is the lack of diamond dust on the back end of the burr, which prevents backward ablation of tissues when retracted. To date, only few reports of successful burr retrieval using percutaneous bailout techniques have been published. We report a case of burr entrapment within a previously implanted left circumflex artery stent which was successfully recaptured using the dual catheter technique; following the retrieval the patient underwent routine percutaneous coronary intervention.