Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Coronary Lithotripsy Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Venous Graft

Filippo Russo; Alaide Chieffo; Mauro Carlino; Marco Bruno Ancona; Barbara Bellini; Luca Angelo Ferri; Alessandro Beneduce; Ciro Vella; Abdulaziz Algethami; Matteo Montorfano

doi:10.25270/jic/20.00124

Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Coronary Lithotripsy Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Venous Graft

J Invasive Cardiol. 2021 Feb;33(2):E141-E142. doi: 10.25270/jic/20.00124.

Authors

Filippo Russo¹, Alaide Chieffo, Mauro Carlino, Marco Bruno Ancona, Barbara Bellini, Luca Angelo Ferri, Alessandro Beneduce, Ciro Vella, Abdulaziz Algethami, Matteo Montorfano

Affiliation

¹ Interventional Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. russo.filippo@hsr.it.

PMID: 33531446
DOI: 10.25270/jic/20.00124

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of intravascular-ultrasound guided coronary lithotripsy on saphenous vein graft because of severely calcific in-stent restenosis, showing good result without procedural complications.

Keywords: IVUS; calcific lesion; in-stent restenosis; lithotripsy.

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography
Coronary Restenosis* / diagnosis
Coronary Restenosis* / etiology
Coronary Restenosis* / surgery
Humans
Lithotripsy*
Saphenous Vein / diagnostic imaging
Saphenous Vein / surgery
Stents / adverse effects
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Interventional