Robotic Angioplasty
Robotic angioplasty was an evolving technology with very few centres across the world having the equipment and expertise.
Increased procedural accuracy, The main aim of using robotic systems in interventional cardiology is to provide increased procedural precision and improve efficiency in clinical care. Although the advent of various intracoronary imaging techniques (e.g. intravascular ultrasound [IVUS] and optical coherence tomography [OCT]) has undoubtedly increased the accuracy and precision of PCI procedures, the adoption of these techniques, in routine PCI procedures remains relatively low. The 2019 British Cardiovascular Intervention Society audit data indicate that only 13.2% of all PCI procedures (n=100,294) used either IVUS or OCT.8 There are numerous reasons for this, including fiscal ramifications surrounding reimbursement, the perception of increased procedural times and a reduction in catheter laboratory efficiency when these technologies are used routinely. Therefore, angiography-guided PCI continues to be the mainstay in contemporary PCI practice.