Preferred Label : atherectomy;

MeSH definition : Endovascular procedure in which atheromatous plaque is excised by a cutting or rotating catheter. It differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures which enlarge vessels by dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than by an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ENDARTERECTOMY.;

MeSH synonym : atherectomies; transluminal atherectomies, percutaneous; atherectomies, percutaneous transluminal; transluminal atherectomies; atherectomies, transluminal; atherectomy, percutaneous transluminal; transluminal atherectomy, percutaneous; transluminal atherectomy; atherectomy, transluminal; percutaneous atherectomy; atherectomies, percutaneous; atherectomy, percutaneous; percutaneous atherectomies; percutaneous transluminal atherectomy; percutaneous transluminal atherectomies;

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Endovascular procedure in which atheromatous plaque is excised by a cutting or rotating catheter. It differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures which enlarge vessels by dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than by an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ENDARTERECTOMY.

https://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD006680/latherectomie-pour-le-traitement-de-la-maladie-arterielle-peripherique
2014
false
false
false
France
United Kingdom
meta-analysis
french abstract
angioplasty, balloon
treatment outcome
comparative study
atherectomy
peripheral arterial disease

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