Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013-04, Vol.61 (15), p.1596-1600
• Main Authors: Weisz, Giora, MD, Metzger, D. Christopher, MD, Caputo, Ronald P., MD, Delgado, Juan A., MD, Marshall, J. Jeffrey, MD, Vetrovec, George W., MD, Reisman, Mark, MD, Waksman, Ron, MD, Granada, Juan F., MD, Novack, Victor, MD, PhD, Moses, Jeffrey W., MD, Carrozza, Joseph P., MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Angioplasty; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Confidence intervals; Coronary vessels; Heart attacks; Hypotheses; Internal Medicine; Intubation; Laboratories; Occupational hazards; Patient safety; robotic-enhanced PCI; Robotics; stent; Stents; Success
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.045

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety as well as the clinical and technical effectiveness of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention. Background Robotic systems have been suggested to enhance the performance of cardiovascular procedures, as well as to provide protection from the occupational hazards that are associated with interventional practice. Methods Patients with coronary artery disease and clinical indications for percutaneous intervention were enrolled. The coronary intervention was performed with the CorPath 200 robotic system, which consists of a remote interventional cockpit and a bedside disposable cassette that enables the operator to advance, retract, and rotate guidewires and catheters. The primary endpoints were clinical procedural success, defined as