A Comparison of Directional Atherectomy with Balloon Angioplasty for Lesions of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

Abstract

The role of atherectomy in percutaneous coronary revascularization remains to be fully defined. However, as compared with angioplasty, atherectomy did not result in better late angiographic or clinical outcomes in patients with lesions of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.