Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Stenoses
Ali ZA, Nef H, Escaned J, Werner N, Banning AP, Hill JM, De Bruyne B, Montorfano M, Lefevre T, Stone GW, Crowley A, Matsumura M, Maehara A, Lansky AJ, Fajadet J, Di Mario C. Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Stenoses. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 12: e008434. PMID: 31553205, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.119.008434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiac CatheterizationCoronary AngiographyCoronary StenosisEuropeFemaleHumansLithotripsyMaleMiddle AgedPatient SafetyPercutaneous Coronary InterventionProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexStentsTime FactorsTomography, Optical CoherenceTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsSevere coronary artery calcificationCoronary artery calcificationMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsPrimary end pointIntravascular lithotripsyOptical coherence tomographyCardiac eventsStent implantationPlaque fractureHospital major adverse cardiac eventsNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionOptical coherence tomography substudyIndependent clinical events committeeCoherence tomographyDrug-eluting stent implantationEnd pointCoronary intravascular lithotripsyClinical events committeeHigh procedural successIndependent core laboratoryAcute luminal gainPost-approval studiesMechanism of actionCalcium fracture