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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Employing intravascular lithotripsy facilitated transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a patient with severe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — In patients with calcified peripheral artery disease undergoing drug-coated balloon treatment, ...

A novel technology called intravascular lithotripsy-facilitated percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (IVL-PBMV) shows promise for treating patients with severe calcific mitral stenosis (MS) and ...

Typical balloon placement and pretreatment sites relative to pacing/defibrillation leads. Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Central Illustration (adapted). Pacemaker and defibrillator leads encased ...

Balloon lithotripsy better prepared severely calcified lesions for stenting compared with conventional techniques, based on results of intravascular imaging in the small, 200-person BALI trial. Among ...

Abbott will be trying its hand in the growing field of intravascular lithotripsy, with a clinical study to examine an unnamed, investigational system that aims to fracture hardened calcium within the ...

ATLANTA -- Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) beat percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for keeping calcified peripheral artery lesions open at 1 year, the Disrupt PAD III trial showed.