Dezhou News Network (Reporter Teng Lu Correspondent Li Mengjiao) Recently, the interventional team of the Cardiology Department of Shandong University Qilu Hospital Dezhou Hospital successfully performed rotational atherectomy on a patient with severe coronary calcification, and successfully implanted a stent.
The patient is an elderly man with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and other basic medical conditions. Recently, he has frequently experienced symptoms such as chest pain, chest tightness, pain in both upper extremities, and fatigue. After inspection, Li Keqing, director of the Department of Cardiology, found that the patient’s coronary artery was not only tortuous, but also complicated by severe calcification, and stents could not be implanted by conventional balloon dilatation. The stent can only be successfully implanted by using internal coronary atherectomy to smooth the calcified plaque. However, this kind of operation is time-consuming and risky, and there is a risk of coronary perforation and pericardial effusion if you are not careful.
After communicating with the patients and their families, Li Keqing led Dong Hongwei, the deputy director of the Department of Cardiology, and Zhang Qiang, the deputy chief physician, to operate the patients. The surgical team worked hard for more than 2 hours and used a “diamond drill” to remove the calcified plaque in the coronary artery, allowing the patient’s coronary blood flow to return to normal. After adequate rotational atherectomy pretreatment, the stent was successfully implanted, adhered well, and the operation was successfully completed.
The patient had no more chest pain and discomfort after the operation, and has recovered and been discharged from the hospital. The cardiology team uses the smallest wound to achieve the greatest curative effect, and the development of this technology plays a more positive role in the precise treatment of complex coronary lesions and calcified lesions.