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ArticleIndian heart journal

Safety and procedural outcomes of intravascular lithotripsy in calcified coronaries in Indian patients.

Ravindra Singh Rao, Govind Narayan Sharma, Shekhar Kunal, Kailash Garhwal, Suresh Bajiya, Pawan Mehta

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Article in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of Calcified Coronary Lesions.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2024
    Article
  3. Intravascular Lithotripsy for Calcified Left Main Artery Disease.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ravindra Singh RaoDepartment of Cardiology, RHL Heart Centre, Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur, India.
Govind Narayan SharmaDepartment of Cardiology, RHL Heart Centre, Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur, India. Electronic address: maddygov@gmail.com.
Shekhar KunalDepartment of Cardiology, GB Pant Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Delhi, India.
Kailash GarhwalDepartment of Cardiology, Maria Cecila Hospital, Cotignola, Italy.
Suresh BajiyaDepartment of Cardiology, RHL Heart Centre, Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur, India.
Pawan MehtaDepartment of Cardiology, RHL Heart Centre, Rajasthan Hospital, Jaipur, India.
Eternal Hospital · INInstitute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INMaria Cecilia Hospital · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCalcified coronaries still remain a major challenge for interventional cardiologist. This study aims to evaluate safety and efficacy of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in management of coronary artery calcification.

methodsThis was a retrospective single centre study regarding the utility of IVL in management of calcified coronaries. Patients with hemodynamically stable acute coronary syndrome or symptomatic chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) and calcified coronaries on angiography and who underwent IVL were enrolled. Intravascular imaging was performed wherever feasible. The primary endpoint was procedural success. In addition, data regarding procedural complications were collected.

resultsA total of 29 patients underwent IVL with a majority being males and having comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes. A procedural success rate of 93.1% was achieved with no patient having >50% residual stenosis. IVL catheter was successfully delivered in all patients. The mean catheter diameter was 3.3 ± 0.4 mm and mean number of delivered pulses was 70.3 ± 16.4. The arteries most commonly intervened were the left main coronary and the left anterior descending artery. Intracoronary imaging revealed a significant increase in minimum luminal cross-sectional area (MLA) post IVL (pre-MLA: 5.1 ± 2.5 mm

conclusionsIVL is a safe and highly effective modality with high procedural success rate in management of calcified coronaries.

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LithotripsyVascular CalcificationHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesStentsTreatment OutcomeAngiogramCalcificationImagingLithotripsyStent

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PMCPMC9039684
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