Comparative Analysis of Intravascular Lithotripsy With and Without Atherectomy in Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions Using OCT and OFDI.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) fractures calcified plaques and facilitates lesion expansion; however, unlike atherectomy devices, it does not reduce calcium volume. The therapeutic efficacy and safety of combining IVL with atherectomy remain unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate, through optical coherence tomography (OCT) or optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI), whether IVL combined with atherectomy provides greater effectiveness compared with IVL alone.

Aims

This study aimed to evaluate, using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI), whether intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) combined with atherectomy provides greater procedural efficacy and safety compared with IVL alone in the treatment of severely calcified co

SUBMITTER: Nakata M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12679525 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature