Case report – Post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) following coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) assisted left-main angioplasty

Case report – Post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) following coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) assisted left-main angioplasty

Intravascular lithotripsy converts electrical energy into sonic waves which selectively break calcium facilitating better stent expansion in calcified coronary arteries. There is a small chance of myocardial injury caused by IVL presenting as post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS). This is the first ca...

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Main Authors: Varsha Kiron, Pradeep Kumar Mustepally, Manoj Kumar Agarwala, Pratap Chandra Rath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Subjects:
Post-cardiac injury syndrome
Intravascular lithotripsy
Left main coronary artery disease
Dressler syndrome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X22000421

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