RFA for Occluded Stents?
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:06 pm
Does Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) provide a possible treatment option for occluded stents?
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James McGuckin CommentsDr. McGuckin has been working on perfecting and refining the technique of using RF ablation to break through the fibrous blockage in fully occluded stents. RF ablation is an FDA approved approach that physicians use to destroy problem tissue (like tumors) which has been available for some years now. Using it to open occluded stents is off label use with great promise. This approach may help those of us with a totally occluded stent, such as the one I have in my left jugular.