(UPDATED) Coronary intravascular lithotripsy shows promise for improving the ability to optimize PCI in severely calcified lesions, with good safety and efficacy out to 30 days, according to data from ...
SAN FRANCISCO – OCTOBER 26, 2025 – Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) ...
Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) ...
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common heart disease and most frequent cause of death in the U.S., with over 20 million adults affected by this condition Abbott’s investigational Coronary ...
A catheter-based device that uses shockwaves to crack calcium in femoropopliteal arteries appears safe and effective in the short term, with fewer dissections as well as less use of postdilation and ...
An interventional cardiologist at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has performed the state’s first intravascular lithotripsy, a procedure in which a balloon is inserted into the artery and delivers ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kevin Wininger, a computed tomography technologist and cardiovascular technologist at University Hospital’s Samaritan Medical ...
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 ...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is caused when a build-up of fatty substances (plaque) in the arteries restricts blood supply to the limbs, usually the legs. The plaque can calcify and become like ...