Stand-Alone Rotational Atherectomy Versus Combination With Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty for the Endovascular Treatment of Heavily-Calcified Femoropopliteal and Popliteal Lesions

CONCLUSIONS: Our real-life study provides evidence that atherectomy in combination with DEB is safe and effective but did not have a significant impact on the freedom from target lesion revascularization in our population. Additional large-scale randomized trials are needed to verify these …