Coronary intravascular lithotripsy

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    coronary intravascular lithrotipsy, coronary artery

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    https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2021.355

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    The coronary lithotripsy system is indicated when there is a need to improve the lumen of calcified and stenotic coronary arteries with a balloon catheter under low ATM before a stent is implanted. ( 1 ) The coronary intravascular lithotripsy catheter is routed through coronary arteries until it reaches a difficult to approach spot of a calcified stenosis, including also the calcified stenosis that we assume are going to provide resistance when being inflated by a PTCA balloon or when a coronary artery is being prepared for a stent implantation and evenly expand an implanted coronary stent. The lithotripsy catheter emits intermittent sound waves at the aimed spot, breaking the calcium clusters in the lesion therefore enabling a larger lumen with the help of a low ATM inflated balloon. In this paper we will present a case report of a patient before and after intravascular lithotripsy, including the preparation of the patient and the catheter itself.

    Cardiologia Croatica
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    Coronary intravascular lithotripsy

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    Issue11-12
    Published
    Pages355
    PDF via DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2021.355
    coronary intravascular lithrotipsy
    coronary artery

    Authors

    Ivana Kuserbanj*ORCIDUniversity Hospital Centre „Sestre milosrdnice“, Zagreb, Croatia
    Sandra BenkovićORCIDUniversity Hospital Centre „Sestre milosrdnice“, Zagreb, Croatia
    Jadranka DaskijevićUniversity Hospital Centre „Sestre milosrdnice“, Zagreb, Croatia

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    The coronary lithotripsy system is indicated when there is a need to improve the lumen of calcified and stenotic coronary arteries with a balloon catheter under low ATM before a stent is implanted. ( 1 ) The coronary intravascular lithotripsy catheter is routed through coronary arteries until it reaches a difficult to approach spot of a calcified stenosis, including also the calcified stenosis that we assume are going to provide resistance when being inflated by a PTCA balloon or when a coronary artery is being prepared for a stent implantation and evenly expand an implanted coronary stent. The lithotripsy catheter emits intermittent sound waves at the aimed spot, breaking the calcium clusters in the lesion therefore enabling a larger lumen with the help of a low ATM inflated balloon. In this paper we will present a case report of a patient before and after intravascular lithotripsy, including the preparation of the patient and the catheter itself.