A Calcific, Undilatable Stenosis: Lithoplasty, a New Tool in the Box?

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Feb 13;10(3):304-306. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.11.048.

Authors

Kalpa De Silva¹, James Roy¹, Ian Webb¹, Rafal Dworakowski¹, Narbeh Melikian¹, Jonathan Byrne¹, Philip MacCarthy¹, Jonathan Hill²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, King's College Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
² Cardiology Department, King's College Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jmhill@nhs.net.

PMID: 28183471
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.11.048

No abstract available

Keywords: calcification; lithoplasty; undilatable stenosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Cardiac Catheters
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
Drug-Eluting Stents
Humans
Male
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonic Therapy / instrumentation
Ultrasonic Therapy / methods*
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Calcification / therapy*