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ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY
Rotational atherectomy by rotablator. The rotablator pulverize the calcified plaque of atheroma. Here, example of a coronary artery. This image is part of a series on vascular pathologies and its treatments (angioplasty, atherectomy). See. images 0322707 for a healthy artery, 0324207 and 0324107 for an artery obstructed by a plaque atheroma, 0324307 and 0324607 for a stenosed artery caused by a tumor ; images 0322107, 0322507 and 0322407 for the angioplasty by balloon catheter, 0322007, 0322207 and 0322307 for the placement of a stent, 0322607 for the Simpson atherotome in use.
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Photo credit: © MARIE SCHMITT / BSIP / Alamy / Afripics
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