Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. CSII has recently undertaken considerable strides toward commercializing intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) systems to treat calcific coronary and peripheral artery ...

The indication for lithotripsy was based on the presence of an undilatable lesion, stent underexpansion, or severe calcification on either angiography or intravascular imaging. Almost half (48%) of ...

Shockwave Medical announced that its intravascular lithotripsy catheter for treatment of calcified peripheral artery lesions has been launched commercially in the United States.The device ...

Kristensen noted that in BALI, the advantage for the lithotripsy group was largely driven by a trend toward less OCT-assessed residual area stenosis 20% or greater (32.3% vs 44.6%, RR 0.73, 95% CI ...

An innovative technique called burst wave lithotripsy (BWL) may provide an effective, more accessible alternative for non-invasive treatment of kidney stones, according to initial human studies ...

More information: Rupjyoti Talukdar et al, Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy and Endoscopy for the Treatment of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis, Annals of Internal Medicine (2024).