Usability of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for procedural myocardial infarction undergoing rotational atherectomy

Rotational atherectomy (RA) is a safe and effective percutaneous technique utilized in a treatment of calcified lesions to modify as a primary therapy. Even though the procedural success rate with RA is 90%, RA is associated with higher rate of no flow/slow flow which occurs as a result of micro debris and/or bubbles than other coronary revascularization procedure (1).