In this supplement, sponsored by Shockwave:
- Frank Arko discusses his experience with intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) and considers its value in a resource-constrained healthcare environment
- George Adams and Andrew Holden outline the benefits of fracturing intimal and medial calcium with IVL, detailing promising early results and eagerly awaited forthcoming data
- Peter Soukas demonstrates the benefits of IVL in a below-the-knee vessel, including decreased resource utilisation, cost-effectiveness, and reduced length of hospital stay
- Michael Lichtenberg considers IVL as a new endovascular option for calcified femoral artery stenosis. Based on case experience, he suggests this “may be a viable option for patients who are not good surgical candidates”
- Mazin Foteh details the clinical and economic value of IVL for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), concluding that the technology has “revolutionised” his approach to aortic procedures
