Stefano Fazzini, Federico Francisco Pennetta, Giovanni Torsello, Valerio Turriziani, Simona Vona, Andrea Ascoli Marchetti, Arnaldo Ippoliti, Martin Austermann, Michel Joseph Bosiers
PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility and safety of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) for enabling transfemoral abdominal (EVAR), thoracic (TEVAR), and thoracoabdominal (BEVAR) endovascular aneurysm repair in patients with narrow and calcified iliac arteries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Consecutive patients treated with IVL for severe calcified and narrowed iliac access before EVAR, TEVAR, or BEVAR between November 2020 and June 2022 were retrospectively evaluated. All anatomical iliac characteristics were acquired by multi-planar reconstruction of preoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA)...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Endovascular Therapy