Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis
Piotr M. Wańczura
1
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Wojciech Wojakowski
2
Department of Cardiology, The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, Hospital, Rzeszow, Poland
Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
M. Wańczura P, Wojakowski W. Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2021;17(2):228-229. doi:10.5114/aic.2021.107507.
APA
M. Wańczura, P., & Wojakowski, W. (2021). Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 17(2), 228-229. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2021.107507
Chicago
M. Wańczura, Piotr, and Wojciech Wojakowski. 2021. "Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis". Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej 17 (2): 228-229. doi:10.5114/aic.2021.107507.
Harvard
M. Wańczura, P., and Wojakowski, W. (2021). Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, 17(2), pp.228-229. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2021.107507
MLA
M. Wańczura, Piotr et al. "Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis." Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej, vol. 17, no. 2, 2021, pp. 228-229. doi:10.5114/aic.2021.107507.
Vancouver
M. Wańczura P, Wojakowski W. Successful coronary lithotripsy after unsuccessful rotational atherectomy – use of complementary tools for treatment of undilatable calcified coronary artery stenosis. Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej. 2021;17(2):228-229. doi:10.5114/aic.2021.107507.
Despite the progress in percutaneous treatment of coronary artery disease, massively calcified atherosclerotic lesions still constitute a challenge. Rotational atherectomy, capable of modifying the atherosclerotic plaque, known as debulking, has become the gold standard in the treatment of calcified lesions [1]. Recently, intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) became an alternative treatment option for undilatable calcified vessels. This technique uses a balloon-mounted ultrasound source which emits sonic pressure waves propagating through the fluid and delivered to the vessel wall. It results in fragmentation of superficial and deep calcium deposits allowing balloon expansion [2].