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Change isn't quick. Unless it's when you experience Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) for the first time. Stay apprised of our latest news and insights while discovering how a simple and intuitive tool can be The Catalyst to change the way you think about calcium modification.
Dr. Kevin Croce, Director of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)/Complex PCI Program, Interventional Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts talks about the importance of image guided plaque modification in optimizing PCI, discusses the role of IVL in calcium modification and share his insights on Coronary IVL in different calcium morphologies.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Dr. Benjamin Honton, Interventional Cardiologist at Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France, together with Dr. Jacques Monsegu, Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble, France, write about best practices for IVL use in the cath lab based on his 3 years of experience with the technology. In this review you will find IVL technical, scientific and clinical overview, such as lesion selection with focus on concentric and eccentric calcification, analysis of specific clinical indications and some useful tips for crossing and therapy delivery.
Topics: Coronary IVL, IVL Technology, Shockwave C2, Treating Different Ca++ Morphologies
Dr. B. Clay Sizemore, Interventional Cardiologist at Cardiovascular Consultants of South Georgia, Thomasville, GA speaks about his experience with coronary IVL in a no surgical backup hospital, discussing his patient selection criteria, importance of same day discharge and how IVL fits well into this strategy, thereby allowing the treatment of previously undilatable calcified lesions and minimizing the risk of patient transfer and procedure staging.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Disrupt CAD Pooled Gender Analysis is now in published in JSCAI - the new journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. Read the JSCAI publication here: https://www.jscai.org/article/S2772-9303(21)00011-9/fulltext
Topics: Coronary IVL, IVL Technology, Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2, Female vs. Male Outcomes
The one-year Disrupt CAD III data has been published in JSCAI – the new journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. The new data from Disrupt CAD III confirm the consistency of the excellent safety and effectiveness outcomes at 30 days out to one year.
Topics: Coronary IVL, IVL Technology, Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2
Dr. Margaret McEntegart, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital and Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom speaks about her experience with coronary IVL including practice-changing findings from her research comparing costs and resource utilization of rotational atherectomy vs. coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
For the first time, Shockwave Medical participated in ASIA-PCR, which was entirely virtual because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Watch our joint symposium with Abiomed entitled: “THE CHALLENGES OF COMPLEX PCI TREATMENT: Mechanical support in CHIP patients and IVL for calcified coronary disease”.
Topics: Coronary IVL, IVL Technology, Shockwave C2
In the recent Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine article, “First United States experience with RotaShock: A case series,” Drs. Gautam Kumar and Rajesh Sachdeva of Emory and Atlanta VA Medical Center recount three successful cases using the RotaShock technique, a combination of rotational atherectomy with IVL for severely calcified vessels. Following its publication, we engaged them in a highly educational Q&A discussion about how the two technologies are very complementary to each other, and the new strategy can be used either electively or as a rescue. We hope you enjoy their additional perspective.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2
Dr. Srinivasa Potluri, Chair of the Department of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Baylor Scott and White, The Heart Hospital in Plano, speaks about his valuable experience with coronary IVL. Dr. Potluri also shares a clinical case with severe ostial RCA and the value of coronary IVL in vessel preparation strategy in the presence of a heavy coronary calcium burden.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Q&A with Dr. Akiko Maehara about the Disrupt CAD Pooled OCT Calcific Nodules Analysis at TCT21
Topics: Coronary IVL, Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2, Treating Different Ca++ Morphologies
But, right now we're in the early phases of the R&D program. In the meantime, don't miss the IVL application that heart teams are embracing already — maintaining transfemoral TAVR access through heavily calcified iliacs by using IVL.
