Advances in Interventional Cardiology
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Intravascular lithotripsy of the femoropopliteal arteries: analysis of a prospective two-center pilot study

Frantisek Stanek
1, 2
,
David Prochazka
2
,
Oleksandr Zubkovskyy
2
,
Boris Koznar
1
,
Marian Rybar
3

  1. Department of Cardiology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  2. Department of Radiology, District Hospital, Kladno, Czech Republic
  3. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Adv Interv Cardiol 2026; 22, 1 (83): 114–120
Online publish date: 2026/03/09
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