Procedural safety of rotational atherectomy and modified balloon angioplasty: insights from a German national registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modified balloons (MB) and rotational atherectomy (RA) are recommended tools for treatment of coronary plaques with superficial calcium. Knowledge about in-hospital safety is limited.

Methods

Patients with coronary artery disease who underwent coronary angiography with RA or MB angioplasty in Germany were identified via ICD and OPS codes from 2017 to 2020. Acute coronary syndromes were excluded. Since patients were not randomized toward MB or RA, potential confounding factors were taken into account using the propensity score methods. Thereby, inverse probability weighting was applied.

Results

Ten thousand.ninety-twopatients underwent RA with an increasing trend from 1817 in 2017 toward 3166 in 2020. MBs were used in 22,378 patients also with an increasing

SUBMITTER: Maier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12783188 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature