Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in carotid artery stenting helps in debulking calcium. Vascular calcium remains a major predictor of failure of interventional procedure. There is fear of hemodynamic worsening and distal embolization with aggressive predilatation which can be prevented by use of...

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Published in:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Main Authors: Varsha Kiron, Manoj Kumar Agarwala, Pratap Chandra Rath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Subjects:
Carotid stenting
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)
vascular wall calcification
Calcified carotid artery disease
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000372
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Summary:Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in carotid artery stenting helps in debulking calcium. Vascular calcium remains a major predictor of failure of interventional procedure. There is fear of hemodynamic worsening and distal embolization with aggressive predilatation which can be prevented by use of IVL. Although it is an off-label use, we hereby report the first case of IVL use in carotid artery from India.
ISSN:2468-600X

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