A case of covered stent failure in sealing up a coronary perforation potentially related to intravascular lithotripsy treatment: insights from optical coherence tomography
Abstract:Background
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is a new modality in treatment of calcified coronary lesions which improves procedural outcomes. Coronary perforation is an extremely uncommon but potentially catastrophic complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and IVL therapy.
Case Summary
We report a case of an elective PCI to a calcified left anterior descending (LAD) and diagonal bifurcation lesion in a 65-year-… Show more
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