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World J Cardiol. Aug 26, 2023; 15(8): 395-405
Published online Aug 26, 2023. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v15.i8.395
Use of intravascular lithotripsy in non-coronary artery lesions
Chukwuemeka Anthony Umeh, Ashley Stratton, Tifani Wagner, Shipra Saigal, Krystal Sood, Raghav Dhawan, Cory Wagner, Jessica Obi, Sabina Kumar, Tsung Han Scottie Ching, Rahul Gupta
Chukwuemeka Anthony Umeh, Ashley Stratton, Tifani Wagner, Shipra Saigal, Krystal Sood, Raghav Dhawan, Cory Wagner, Jessica Obi, Tsung Han Scottie Ching, Internal Medicine, Hemet Global Medical Center, Hemet, CA 92543, United States
Sabina Kumar, Department of Cardiology, Mclaren Macomb-Oakland/Michigan State University, Macomb, MI 48043, United States
Rahul Gupta, Internal Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92122, United States
Author contributions: All authors conceptualized and revised the study design; Stratton A, Wagner T, Saigal S, Sood K, Dhawan R, and Wagner C extracted the data; Umeh CA analyzed the data; Umeh CA and Gupta R wrote the first draft of the paper; Ching THS, Kumar S, Obi J, Gupta R, and Umeh CA reviewed and revised the paper; Stratton A led and coordinated the research and writing of the manuscript; Scottie C, Gupta R, and Umeh CA supervised the project; and all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Chukwuemeka Anthony Umeh, MD, Attending Doctor, Internal Medicine, Hemet Global Medical Center, 1117 E Devonshire Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543, United States. emmyumeh@gmail.com
Received: March 12, 2023
Peer-review started: March 12, 2023
First decision: June 15, 2023
Revised: June 25, 2023
Accepted: July 24, 2023
Article in press: July 24, 2023
Published online: August 26, 2023
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Core Tip: Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) has emerged as a novel endovascular therapy for treating severe vascular calcifications. In this review of case reports, we assessed the efficacy and safety of IVL in treating calcified lesions in non-coronary artery vessels and the various situations in which IVL was used in these vessels. We found that IVL has successfully facilitated treating severely calcified and challenging lesions in the iliofemoral, carotid, subclavian, aorta, renal, and mesenteric vessels.