 Atherectomy, Coronary
"Atherectomy, Coronary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Percutaneous transluminal procedure for removing atheromatous plaque from the coronary arteries. Both directional (for removing focal atheromas) and rotational (for removing concentric atheromatous plaque) atherectomy devices have been used.
| Descriptor ID |
D017225
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.148.050.120.125 E04.100.376.719.125 E04.100.814.529.124.120.125 E04.100.814.529.968.060 E04.502.382.124.120.125 E04.502.382.968.060 E04.928.220.520.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Atherectomy, Coronary- Atherectomy, Coronary
- Coronary Atherectomy
- Atherectomies, Coronary
- Coronary Atherectomies
Rotational Atherectomy- Rotational Atherectomy
- Atherectomies, Rotational
- Atherectomy, Rotational
- Rotational Atherectomies
Directional Coronary Atherectomy- Directional Coronary Atherectomy
- Atherectomies, Directional Coronary
- Atherectomy, Directional Coronary
- Coronary Atherectomies, Directional
- Coronary Atherectomy, Directional
- Directional Coronary Atherectomies
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Krone RJ, Kimmel SE, Laskey WK, Klein LW, Schechtman KB, Cosentino JJ, Babb JD, Weiner BH. Evaluation of the Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions' lesion classification system in 14,133 patients with percutaneous coronary interventions in the current stent era. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2002 Jan; 55(1):1-7.
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