… received planned RA and 52 patients received bailout RA. Baseline clinical characteristics
had no significant differences … 275 ± 90 ml, P = 0.003) were all lower in planned RA group. …

… Rotational atherectomy (RA) plays a central role in the treatment of heavily calcified coronary
artery lesions. Our aim was to compare periprocedural characteristics and outcomes of …

… compare in-hospital and long-term events between bailout rotational atherectomy (RA) and
planned … PCI is now being performed in patients with heavy calcified coronary lesions, which …

… and less of LAD and two RA vessel lesions. Compared with planned strategy, bailout …
Consistent with previous studies, bailout strategy was associated with more contrast use (207.5 ± …

… compare the performance of up-front rotational atherectomy (… with severely calcified coronary
lesions scheduled for PCI at 2 … , mainly caused by bailout atherectomy in patients assigned …

… implantation in severely calcified lesions has been described … Our results compared well
with those reported in previous … -term follow-up of patients enrolled in our study is planned. …

… available bail-out device in calcified coronary lesions that … two randomised trials that
compared lesion preparation with … is not given to the planning and execution of the procedure10. …

… to evaluate a predominant use of rotational atherectomy as a bailout strategy in the future. …
with a comparison of procedural and 1-year outcomes of planned vs. unplanned use of RA. …

… culprit calcified lesion treated with a rotational atherectomy (… patient underwent a scheduled
PCI for a non-culprit lesion. In … is burdened with worse outcomes compared to stable patients […

… Both analyses revealed that planned RA was associated with … events compared to bail-out
RA. In fact, with operator experience and increasing confidence with RA technique, bail-out …