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Atherectomy
It is a percutaneous intervention -- a vascular procedure like 'scrapping' the vascular wall of layers of plaques.
Dr. Budi Bahureksa reviewed this
33 year experience in Cardiology
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A 50-year old asked:
Atherectomy-how big of a lesion can it treat?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: atherectomy?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is the benefit of an atherectomy over an angioplasty?
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A 32-year old asked:
Could you explain what is atherectomy's benefit over angioplasty?
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A 33-year old asked:
What is atherectomy's benefit over angioplasty, if it is in fact better?
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A 48-year old asked:
Is it possible for you to combine angioplasty and atherectomy procedures?
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A 44-year old asked:
What must I expect in terms of effects having atherectomy for cad?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is atherectomy better than stent?
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A 38-year old asked:
Atherectomy is it better than bypass?
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A 48-year old asked:
What do you think about atherectomy for cad?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Why have a femorsl endarterectomy when there are atherectomy procedures to consider instead?
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A 46-year old asked:
Whats rotational atherectomy for heart blockage?
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A 33-year old asked:
Hello docs, is atherectomy better than stent procedure?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can you tell me about lower leg atherectomy procedures?
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A 37-year old asked:
How long a lesion can atherectomy procedure tackle for lower leg disease?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me in lower leg disease, how long a lesion can atherectomy procedure tackle?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can atherectomy deal with severe peripheral arterial disease?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can you tell me how atherectomy deal with severe peripheral arterial disease?
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A 40-year old asked:
Could atherectomy open a totally occluded leg artery?
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A 35-year old asked:
Help can atherectomy work better on diseased leg arteries better than heart arteries?
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A 39-year old asked:
Could atherectomy work better on badly diseased leg arteries better then heart arteries?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is it possible that atherectomy open a totally occluded leg artery or just a leg artery that has narrowed considerably?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Is vascular lithotripsy on a femoral lesion an effective and safe means of plaque ablation? Any better than atherectomy or endarterectomy?
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A 30-year old asked:
Who would need atherectomy for coronary artery disease (cad)?
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A 45-year old asked:
What are the risks of atherectomy for coronary artery disease?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can atherectomy replace a vein bypass for lower leg artery disease treatment?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can atherectomy one day replace vein bypass for lower leg artery disease treatment?
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A 61-year old male asked:
Coronary CT angiogram shows extremely high calcium score of 4242 and ~ 70% blockage one artery. next step cath angio. Should I consider atherectomy?
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A 61-year old male asked:
Have HIV for 20 yrs, h BP&PAD, atherectomy done below L knee, surgeon cleared only one of three arteries, 3 days later gangrene left big toe & removed, 10 months later all toes removed due to ulcers. Could a laser atherectomy clear the 2 arteries?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Am I dying?
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