Real-World Experience of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy in an Asian Population: A Retrospective, Observational, Single-Center, All-Comers Registry
Sridharan Umapathy, Yann Shan Keh, Ningyan Wong, Kay Woon Ho, Jack Wei Chieh Tan, Aaron Sung Lung Wong, Soo Teik Lim, Yew Seong Goh, Khung Keong Yeo
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical and angiographic outcomes of coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) use in an all-comers population with moderate-to-severely calcified coronary lesions. BACKGROUND: IVL has been shown to modify coronary calcific plaques with minimal vascular complications. METHODS: This was a retrospective, observational study of patients treated with IVL. The primary endpoint was in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE), which included cardiac death, myocardial infarction (MI), and target-vessel revascularization (TVR). Secondary endpoints were clinical success (stent expansion with <30% in-stent residual stenosis and no in-hospital MACE) and angiographic success. RESULTS: Between August 2019 and December 2019, a total of 50 calcified lesions were treated in 45 patients using the Shockwave C2 IVL catheter (Shockwave Medical). They were further studied in 3 treatment subgroups: (1) primary IVL group with de novo lesions (n = 23 lesions); (2) secondary IVL group in which non-compliant balloon dilation failed (n = 15 lesions); and (3) tertiary IVL group with IVL to underexpanded stents (n = 12 lesions). The mean diameter stenosis of calcified lesions was 63.2 ± 10.2% at baseline, and decreased to 33.5 ± 10.9% immediately post IVL (P<.001) and 15 ± 7.1% post stenting (P<.001). Mean minimal lumen diameter was 1.1 ± 0.3 mm at baseline, and increased to 1.90 ± 0.5 mm post IVL (P<.001) and 2.80 ± 0.50 mm post stenting (P<.001). In-hospital and 30-day MACE occurred in 3 and 4 patients, respectively. Overall, clinical success and angiographic success were achieved in 90% and 94% of cases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: IVL appears to be a safe, effective, and feasible strategy for calcium modification in an all-comers cohort with high success rate, minimal procedural complications, and low MACE rates.