Lesion Preparation for Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Disease　― Intravascular Lithotripsy as a New Option ―

Stent underexpansion due to heavy calcification in a patient with recent acute coronary syndrome successfully treated with lithotripsy

“…Massively calcified lesions often hinder the percutaneous treatment of coronary atherosclerosis. Nowadays, we possess a wide armamentarium of percutaneous devices dedicated for lesion preparation of calcified stenoses: scoring catheter balloon (cb), noncompliant (NC) cb, orbital atherectomy, rotational atherectomy, or lithotripsy [1][2][3].…”