Orbital Atherectomy Prior to Coronary Stent Implantation Does Not Lead to Better Outcomes Compared to Conventional Balloon Angioplasty

Results from the large-scale randomized ECLIPSE trial found that a lesion preparation strategy of routine orbital atherectomy had similar outcomes compared with conventional balloon angioplasty prior to implantation of a drug-eluting stent (DES) in severely calcified coronary arteries. 

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