Table 1.

Interventional devices and their uses

Device	Use (% of cases)	Types of lesion
Balloon catheter	100%	Multiple types
Stent	70-90%	Most types
Drug eluting stent	0-50%	High risk of restenosis (possibly all)
Cutting balloon	1-5%	In-stent restenosis, ostial lesions
Rotablator	1-3%	Calcified, ostial, undilatable lesions
Brachytherapy	1-3%	In-stent restenosis
Atherectomy	<1%	Bulky, eccentric, ostial lesions
Stent graft	<1%	Aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, perforation
Thrombectomy	<1%	Visible thrombus
Laser	<1%	Occlusions, in-stent restenosis
Distal protection	<1%	Degenerate vein graft