Incidence of procedural myocardial infarction and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-detected myocardial injury following percutaneous coronary intervention with rotational atherectomy
EuroIntervention 2018;14:819-823 published online May 2018. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01077
Margaret B. McEntegart1,2*, MD, PhD; David Corcoran1, MD; David Carrick1, MD; Guillaume Clerfond2, MD; Novalia Sidik2, MD; Damien Collison1, MD; Keith R. Robertson1, MD; Aadil Shaukat1, MD; Stuart Watkins1, MD; Paul R. Rocchicholi1, MD; Hany Eteiba1, MD; Mark P. Petrie1,2, MD; Mitchell M. Lindsay1, MD; Keith G. Oldroyd1,2, MD; Colin Berry1,2, MD, PhD
1. Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, United Kingdom; 2. BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Rotational atherectomy (RA) is the most commonly used technique to modify calcific coronary artery disease (CAD) to facilitate stent implantation and deployment. While embolisation of fragmented plaque into the microcirculati