Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in carotid artery stenting helps in debulking calcium. Vascular calcium remains a major predictor of failure of interventional procedure. There is fear of hemodynamic worsening and distal embolization with aggressive predilatation which can be prevented by use of...

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Main Authors: Varsha Kiron, Manoj Kumar Agarwala, Pratap Chandra Rath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000372
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author Varsha Kiron
Manoj Kumar Agarwala
Pratap Chandra Rath
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description Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in carotid artery stenting helps in debulking calcium. Vascular calcium remains a major predictor of failure of interventional procedure. There is fear of hemodynamic worsening and distal embolization with aggressive predilatation which can be prevented by use of IVL. Although it is an off-label use, we hereby report the first case of IVL use in carotid artery from India.
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spelling doaj.art-c119d07873ab4ce586cbe5a02ee077512022-12-22T02:40:44ZengElsevierIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports2468-600X2021-09-0153160162Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosisVarsha Kiron0Manoj Kumar Agarwala1Pratap Chandra Rath2Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India; Corresponding author. Consultant cardiologist, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, 500096, India.Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Director of Cath lab – Cardiology, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, IndiaSenior Consultant Cardiologist and Head of department – Cardiology, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, IndiaIntravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in carotid artery stenting helps in debulking calcium. Vascular calcium remains a major predictor of failure of interventional procedure. There is fear of hemodynamic worsening and distal embolization with aggressive predilatation which can be prevented by use of IVL. Although it is an off-label use, we hereby report the first case of IVL use in carotid artery from India.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000372Carotid stentingIntravascular lithotripsy (IVL)vascular wall calcificationCalcified carotid artery disease
spellingShingle Varsha Kiron
Manoj Kumar Agarwala
Pratap Chandra Rath
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
Carotid stenting
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)
vascular wall calcification
Calcified carotid artery disease
title Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
title_full Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
title_fullStr Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
title_full_unstemmed Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
title_short Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
title_sort intravascular lithotripsy ivl guided stenting in a calcified critical carotid artery stenosis
topic Carotid stenting
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)
vascular wall calcification
Calcified carotid artery disease
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X21000372
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