Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An intravascular lithotripsy device used for vessel preparation for stenting in patients with ...

—OCT results demonstrate effective treatment of a broad range of complex calcified lesions, including concentric and eccentric calcium and lesions with calcium nodules— “The cardiology community has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three publications in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions showed how intravascular lithotripsy may benefit ...

PARIS — A percutaneous intervention strategy based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides greater procedural success than an angiography-based strategy for stent optimization in calcified ...

PARIS, France—Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) can safely aid in lesion preparation before PCI in patients with severe calcification and can lower the rate of postprocedural patient adverse outcomes, ...

PARIS, France—Patients with calcified lesions undergoing PCI can benefit from an OCT-based strategy for lesion preparation and stent optimization, achieving greater minimum stent area (MSA) than with ...

WASHINGTON—Coronary artery calcification is increasing in prevalence, leading to greater risks both during procedures such as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and adverse events in the short ...

Balloon lithotripsy better prepared severely calcified lesions for stenting compared with conventional techniques, based on results of intravascular imaging in the small, 200-person BALI trial. Among ...

Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Atherectomy has no advantage over conventional balloon angioplasty for the treatment of severe calcified lesions, according to unexpected results from the largest trial of the ...