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Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft

Percutaneous coronary interventions in saphenous vein grafts can pose a variety of challenges, such as severely calcified lesions. If these lesions are nondilatable, lithotripsy can arguably be a proper tool for lesion preparation. We present a case in which a nondilatable, calcified saphenous vein...

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Autores principales: van Gameren, Menno, Vos, Jeroen, IJsselmuiden, Alexander J.J., Van den Branden, Ben J.L., Meuwissen, Martijn, den Heijer, Peter, Schölzel, Bastiaan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.029
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author van Gameren, Menno
Vos, Jeroen
IJsselmuiden, Alexander J.J.
Van den Branden, Ben J.L.
Meuwissen, Martijn
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Vos, Jeroen
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description Percutaneous coronary interventions in saphenous vein grafts can pose a variety of challenges, such as severely calcified lesions. If these lesions are nondilatable, lithotripsy can arguably be a proper tool for lesion preparation. We present a case in which a nondilatable, calcified saphenous vein graft was successfully treated using Shockwave lithotripsy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-82991382021-07-26 Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft van Gameren, Menno Vos, Jeroen IJsselmuiden, Alexander J.J. Van den Branden, Ben J.L. Meuwissen, Martijn den Heijer, Peter Schölzel, Bastiaan E. JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Interventional Cardiology Percutaneous coronary interventions in saphenous vein grafts can pose a variety of challenges, such as severely calcified lesions. If these lesions are nondilatable, lithotripsy can arguably be a proper tool for lesion preparation. We present a case in which a nondilatable, calcified saphenous vein graft was successfully treated using Shockwave lithotripsy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8299138/ /pubmed/34317075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.029 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Van den Branden, Ben J.L.
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den Heijer, Peter
Schölzel, Bastiaan E.
Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft
title Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft
title_full Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft
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title_short Use of Lithotripsy in a Calcified Saphenous Vein Graft
title_sort use of lithotripsy in a calcified saphenous vein graft
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Interventional Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299138/
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