1. Robotically performed excimer laser coronary atherectomy: Proof of feasibility
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Daniel Walters, Ehtisham Mahmud, and Abdullah Almasoud
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Technical success ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Percutaneous coronary intervention ,Robotic Surgical Procedures ,General Medicine ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Rotational atherectomy ,body regions ,Atherectomy ,03 medical and health sciences ,surgical procedures, operative ,0302 clinical medicine ,Angioplasty ,Conventional PCI ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Radiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Excimer laser coronary atherectomy ,business ,human activities ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The feasibility, safety, and high technical success of robotically assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of both simple and complex coronary disease has been demonstrated. As the current generation robotic platform is limited to a rapid exchange system, orbital or rotational atherectomy cannot be performed robotically. However, excimer laser coronary atherectomy is performed with a rapid exchange catheter but its feasibility during robotically assisted PCI is unknown. We report the successful use of laser atherectomy during two complex robotically assisted PCI procedures using the CorPath GRX robotic system.
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- 2018
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