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Intravascular lithotripsy for calcified left main coronary artery disease: procedural outcomes and two-year clinical follow-up

Wojciech J. Skorupski
1
,
Marek Grygier
1
,
Maciej Lesiak
1
,
Aleksander Araszkiewicz
1
,
Włodzimierz Skorupski
1
,
Przemysław Mitkowski
1
,
Małgorzata Pyda
1
,
Karolina Kochanowska
2
,
Aleksandra Grzelak
2
,
Marta Kałużna-Oleksy
1

  1. 1st Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Adv Interv Cardiol
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2025.156680
Online publish date: 2025/12/03
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