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Intravascular lithotripsy for highly calcified carotid stenoses: distal (filter) protection may not suffice

Lukasz Czyz 1, 2
,
Łukasz Tekieli 2, 3
,
Adam Mazurek 1, 2
,
Krystian Majkowski 4
,
Maciej Skubera 2, 5
,
Jakub Chmiel 1, 2
,
Aleksandra Kułaga 1, 2
,
Michał Surdacki 1, 2
,
R. Pawel Banys 6, 7
,
Piotr Musiałek 1, 2

  1. Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

  2. Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  3. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

  4. Department of Neurology with Stroke Unit, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  5. Department of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  6. Department of Radiology and Imaging Diagnostics, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland

  7. AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 3 (85): 517–523

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.165151
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/30
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