Research Article

Short- and Mid-Term Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Rotational Atherectomy in Aortoostial Coronary Lesions in Left Main or Right Coronary Arteries

Table 4

In-hospital and 30-day clinical event rates.

ā€‰Aortoostial lesions n=80 (%)Nonostial lesions
n=418 (%)
p-value

Angiographic complications6 (7.5)35 (8.4)0,8

Burr entrapment0 (0.0)2 (0.5)1.00

Perforation2 (2.5)9 (2.2)0.69

No/slow flow2 (2.5)17 (4.1)0.75

Occlusive dissection1 (1.3)4 (1.0)0.59

3-day mortality rate6 (7.5)10 (2.4)0.03

Cardiac tamponade2 (2.5)7 (1.7)0.64

30-day mortality rate9 (11.3)20 (4.8)0.04

Myocardial infarction (MI)6 (7.5)13 (3.1)0.10

Vascular complications8 (10.0)28 (6.7)0.30

30-day event rate (death and MI)11 (13.8)32 (7.7)0.08