Recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions

C Di Mario, KA Mashayekhi, R Garbo, SA Pyxaras… - EuroIntervention, 2022 - flore.unifi.it
: Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has advanced greatly
since its advent in the late 1970s through the development of dedicated wires and …

Use of the shock wave therapy in basic research and clinical applications—From bench to bedsite

P Rola, A Włodarczak, M Barycki, A Doroszko - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Shock Waves (SW) are acoustic disturbances that propagate through a medium carrying the
energy. These specific sonic pulses are composed of two phases—high positive pressure, a …

Intravascular lithotripsy in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS‐CTO registry

S Kostantinis, B Simsek, J Karacsonyi… - Catheterization and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The use of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in chronic total occlusion (CTO)
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has received limited study. Methods We analyzed …

Intravascular Lithotripsy as a Novel Treatment Method for Calcified Unprotected Left Main Diseases—Comparison to Rotational Atherectomy—Short-Term Outcomes

P Rola, JJ Kulczycki, A Włodarczak, M Barycki… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The unprotected calcified Left Main disease represents a high-risk subset for
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and it is associated with a higher number of …

Comparison of orbital atherectomy and rotational atherectomy in calcified left main disease: short-term outcomes

P Rola, JJ Kulczycki, M Barycki, S Włodarczak… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Coronary calcifications, particularly in left main disease (LMD), are
independently associated with adverse outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention …

Intravascular lithotripsy during percutaneous coronary intervention: current concepts

R Gardiner, H Muradagha… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is commonly encountered by interventional
cardiologists. Severe CAC may impair stent delivery or result in stent underexpansion, stent …

Prevalence and outcomes of balloon undilatable chronic total occlusions: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO

B Simsek, S Kostantinis, J Karacsonyi… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of balloon undilatable lesions
encountered in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have …

Prevalence, predictors, and management for balloon uncrossable or undilatable lesions in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with in-stent …

Y Wang, A Hou, B Luan, X Zhang, Z Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Percutaneous coronary intervention for in-stent restenosis (ISR) chronic total
occlusion (CTO) has been a great challenge. There are occasions when the balloon is …