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SUBMITTER: Forero MNT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6918618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Interventional cardiology (London, England) 20191118 3
Calcified lesions often mean percutaneous intervention results are suboptimal and increase the risk of procedural complications and future adverse events. Available plaque-modifying devices rely on tissue compression or debulking, with the intention of fracturing calcium and facilitating optimal stent deployment. In contrast, coronary intravascular lithotripsy delivers unfocused, circumferential, pulsatile mechanical energy to safely disrupt the calcium within the target lesion. The present revi ...[more]