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Anyone had shockwave Intravascular lithotripsy?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Sep 19 12:57pm | Replies (15)

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@santafepete and @christianzane as they have both mentioned intravascular lithotripsy on Mayo Clinic Connect as a potential treatment in the past.

@whyme2025, here is a good breakdown from an NIH study on intravascular lithotripsy:

"Best Practice in Intravascular Lithotripsy"
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8826142/

This article really gets into the weeds of what this procedure is and some of the outcomes of the procedure. It goes into great depth.

@whyme2025, is this a procedure that was suggested to you? Intravascular lithotripsy is a novel approach to lesion preparation of severely calcified plaques in coronary and peripheral vessels - is calcified plaques a diagnosis you are facing?

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