(UPDATED) Coronary intravascular lithotripsy shows promise for improving the ability to optimize PCI in severely calcified lesions, with good safety and efficacy out to 30 days, according to data from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three publications in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions showed how intravascular lithotripsy may benefit ...

(UPDATED) In stable CAD patients, using intravascular lithotripsy to break up superficial or deep calcium and pave the way for stent implantation results in good outcomes to 1 year, with low rates of ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shockwave Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWAV), a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kevin Wininger, a computed tomography technologist and cardiovascular technologist at University Hospital’s Samaritan Medical ...

Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) ...

In a randomized trial, patients receiving a silicone vs polyurethane stent after stone surgery reported more treatment satisfaction. In a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, receipt of a silicone ...

Standard endovascular treatment options for modifying calcium or plaque during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) include balloon angioplasty using standard or high-pressure non-compliant ...

NEW ORLEANS — Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, once the gold standard for removing smaller kidney stones, has fallen out of favor, in part because it might be less effective than ureteroscopy, ...

Oct. 4, 2002 — Ureteroscopy with holmium laser lithotripsy is a safe and effective approach to the treatment of ureteral stones during all stages of pregnancy, according to the results of a study ...