The incidence of complications during the procedure was higher in the specific indication group than in the on-label group (20.0% vs. 10.8%, P=0.018).

In the orbital atherectomy group, 114 patients (11.6 percent) had target vessel failure, compared with 95 patients in the balloon angioplasty group (9.8 percent), also a non-significant difference.

One common treatment is angioplasty, a minimally invasive procedure that opens blocked arteries to improve circulation. Orbital atherectomy offers a new way to prepare hardened arteries for this ...

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Note: We defined an atherectomy procedure with Current Procedural Terminology codes 37225, 37227, 37229, 37231, 37233 and 37235.

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WASHINGTON — In patients with severely calcified coronary lesions eligible for either treatment, orbital atherectomy did not improve clinical or imaging outcomes compared with conventional ...