Q&A with Dr. Dean Kereiakes about the Disrupt CAD III 1yr Data at TCT21
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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.
Q&A with Dr. Dean Kereiakes about the Disrupt CAD III 1yr Data at TCT21
Topics: Coronary IVL, Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2
Dr. Andrew Klein, Staff Interventional Cardiologist at Piedmont Heart and Vascular Institute in Atlanta shares his valuable experience with coronary IVL. Dr. Klein speaks about his approach to different types of calcific lesions including use of coronary IVL, sharing his best tips and tricks with the technology when used as a stand alone therapy and in combination with other calcium modification tools.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Eccentric calcium has challenged current modalities’ ability to adequately modify calcium due to several device-dependent factors. NC balloons often expand the healthy, non-calcified side of the artery, while high pressure or cutting balloons may result in disruption or dissection of healthy intima. Even atherectomy devices are limited due to wire bias that may often result in nonuniform ablation of calcium leaving the calcified plaque untouched.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Treating Different Ca++ Morphologies
Dr. Evan Shlofmitz, DO, Director of Intravascular Imaging, St. Francis Hospital - The Heart Center, Roslyn, New York shares with us his extensive experience with imaging modalities and how the use of intravascular imaging helped create treatment algorithms at St. Francis Hospital to decide on the appropriate calcium modification tool. He also speaks about his experience with Coronary IVL, its safety and the use of OCT to enhance our ability to use intravascular lithotripsy, including case selection and ensuring adequate outcomes.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Introducing The Calcium Corner
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2, Calcium Corner
Treatment of nodular calcium in coronary PCI remains a challenge, even for the most skilled operators. Recently, CRT 2021 Virtual featured a live case from Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC with nodular calcium from operators Hayder D. Hashim, MD, and Lowell F. Satler, MD, who were joined by an expert panel led by Ron Waksman, MD. During the case the physicians discussed and debated treatment strategies to address nodular calcium, deciding in this case for coronary IVL, which resulted from a baseline MLA of 1.6mm2 to a post-IVL MLA of 4.9mm2 to a post-DES MSA of 7.2mm2.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2
If you missed the two Shockwave IVL sessions at EuroPCR 2021, or would like to watch the symposia again, you’re in luck. The Shockwave IVL content from EuroPCR 2021 is available here.
Topics: Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2, Coronary Conferences
We had the privilege of connecting with Dr. Robert Riley Director, Complex Coronary Therapeutics Program, The Christ Hospital Health System. Dr. Riley is the leading author of the abstract for the Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of the Disrupt CAD I, II, III and IV studies and presented at ACC.21 Virtual.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2, Coronary Conferences
You know the expression – “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Well if there’s anything that we learned over the last year, it’s that this phrase absolutely does not apply to anything related to IVL.
Topics: Coronary Clinical Data, Shockwave C2, Coronary Conferences
One cannot become a calcium expert overnight – it takes time and commitment to go deep on the topic. That’s why we’re excited to embark this month on a year-long education journey that we’re calling the Calcium Masterclass. Over the last year, we’ve been working with Prof. James Spratt (St. George’s University, London) and the team at Optima Education to develop a comprehensive collection of 10 webinars, 5 of which will feature live cases, and a 14-chapter calcium compendium that will be presented by 37 masters of coronary calcium.
Topics: Coronary IVL, Shockwave C2
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.
