Efficacy of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in coronary stenosis with severe calcification: A multicenter systematic review and meta-analysis.
Marios SagrisNikolaos KtenopoulosKyriakos DimitriadisAngelos PapanikolaouAndreas TzoumasDimitrios Terentes-PrintziosAndreas SynetosStergios SoulaidopoulosMichael LichtenbergGrigorios KorosoglouBenjamin HontonDimitris TousoulisCostas TsioufisKonstantinos P ToutouzasPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)
IVL seems to be a safe and effective strategy for lesion preparation in severely calcified lesions before stent implantation in coronary arteries. Future prospective studies are now warranted to compare IVL to other lesion preparation strategies.