Rotablation

The Rotablation (synonym: Tube cutter; Rotation = rotational, ablation = removal ) is a method for very hard and calcified stenosis is applied to the arterial blood vessels, particularly the coronary arteries (coronary arteries).

It is used when the stenosis cannot be expanded. In order to create a lumen (cavity), a drill head with fine diamond fragments is inserted into the arterial vessels to remove the hardened plaques .

However, this procedure has not proven its worth, as there have been frequent restenoses of the affected vessels. For this reason, rotablation is only used in rare cases and mostly in the case of very strongly calcified plaques in the arterial vessels that are difficult or impossible to access for balloon dilatation.

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