Open AccessThe effect of lithoplasty on the coronary arteries
Author(s) -
Matthias Bossard,
Federico Moccetti,
Stefan Toggweiler,
Miriam Brinkert,
Richard Kobza,
Florim Cuculi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1664-204X
pISSN - 1664-2031
DOI - 10.4414/cvm.2019.02013
Subject(s) - cardiology , coronary arteries , medicine , stenosis , myocardial infarction , lesion , radiology , artery , surgery
The authors present the case of a 79-year-old gentleman presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and a heavily calcified bifurcation stenosis of the left anterior descending and the diagonal branch. Intravascular lithoplasty was used to prepare the extremely calcified lesion.
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