Why the study?
Elderly patients pose a major challenge for coronary revascularization due to complex lesions and multiple comorbidities.
Case Report (n=1)
Intravascular lithotripsy is a feasible plaque modification technique for complex PCI in elderly patients with severe calcific coronary disease and prior cardiac surgery.
Feasibility shown in one elderly patient; leaves open need for randomized evidence before clinical adoption.
Elderly patients pose a big challenge for coronary revascularization due to complex lesions, multiple comorbidities. We report a case PCI in a78-year-old female with prior open-heart surgery and coronary angiogram showing severe calcific diseased vessels using new plaque modification technique, Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL). The patient is on routine follow-up, and she is stable and asymptomatic at nine months follow-up.
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Zakia A. Khan (2022) conducted a case report in Severe calcific coronary disease post open-heart surgery (n=1). Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) was evaluated on Clinical stability and symptoms.
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