Deferred Intravascular Lithotripsy-Facilitated Stenting in ACS

Deferred Intravascular Lithotripsy-Facilitated Stenting in ACS

Moderate/severe calcification, present in approximately one-third of culprit lesions in acute coronary syndromes (ACS), portends unfavorable procedural and post-primary percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes. Intravascular lithotripsy is a novel technique using shockwaves to fracture calcific p...

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Main Authors: Sanjay Patel, MBBS, PhD, Mahesh V. Madhavan, MD, Roberto Spina, MBBS, MSc, MPH, Gemma A. Figtree, MBBS, DPhil, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
acute coronary syndromes
intravascular lithotripsy
percutaneous coronary intervention
plaque calcification
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920309748

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