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Neila Sayah1,2, Florian Rey1,2,3, Mohamed Nosair1,2
1Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
JACC. Case Reports
|July 28, 2021
Abstract:
Burr entrapment remains a serious complication of rotational atherectomy. This report describes an advanced technique for the management of entrapped atherectomy burrs. Commonly strategies were unsuccessful. A chronic total occlusion angioplasty technique was used successfully: the subintimal dilation and "external crushing" plaque modification technique. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).
