Clinical Cases in Coronary Rotational Atherectomy

Dr. Low is the Chief of Cardiology and interventional cardiologist at UC Davis Medical Centre. He is a recognized and respected expert in rotational atherectomy and has been involved in rotational atherectomy since its inception in the 1980s. He has also served as a proctor for rotablator therapy. Dr Low has served as faculty at numerous international meetings and conferences such as those of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, AsiaPCR and others. Dr. Yeo is Senior Consultant and interventional cardiologist at the National Heart Center Singapore, where he also serves as program director of the cardiology senior residency training program. He has also served as faculty at numerous international meetings and conferences such as those of the American College of Cardiology, EuroPCR, AsiaPCR and others.

Basic equipment and set-up.- Preparation and patient optimization.- Changing burrs.- Basic rotablator case.- Ostial RCA case.- Ostial LM case.- Ostial LAD case.- Ostial Circ Case.- Long segment disease case.- 'Small' vessel case.- Severe calcification.- Tortuosity case.- CTO case.- STEMI case.- Wiring with rota wire.- Advancing rota wire while rotablating.- Rotablator through under-expanded stent.- Rotablator through LIMA.- Rotablator through SVG.- Rotablator and angiosculpt.- Rotablator and cutting balloon.- Rotablator through stent accordion.- Rotabaltor through LM stent.- Complication: sheared-off wire.- Complication: sheared-off wire.- Complication: burr perforation.- Complication: stuck burr.- Complication: no reflow.- Complication: fractured burr.- Complication: fractured rota-wire.