Intravascular lithotripsy to treat an underexpanded coronary stent during index procedure: A case report study

Management of heavily calcified lesions during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is often associated with high incidence of complications and long-term adverse outcomes. There is growing evidence of the efficacy of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in de novo coronary lesion preparation; howeve...

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Autores principales: Sherif Seif, Abhishek Kumar, Sanjay Arya, Vellore J. Karthikeyan
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Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/10a98bbdd0684f2abf6e6c02e2545297
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Sumario:Management of heavily calcified lesions during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is often associated with high incidence of complications and long-term adverse outcomes. There is growing evidence of the efficacy of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in de novo coronary lesion preparation; however, little experience has been documented within freshly deployed stent underexpansion. We report a 66-year-old male with a marked stent underexpansion despite extensive lesion preparation due to severe underlying calcification. The stent was resistant to balloon postdilatation; therefore, IVL was applied, resulting in excellent stent expansion. IVL could be considered for treating acute stent underexpansion caused by severe underlying calcification.