Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Over the past 2 decades, increasing research attention is converging on the early detection and monitoring of ...

Heart disease is thought to have calcification as a significant contributing component. Currently, intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) pictures are used to visually check for the presence of ...

The field of Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL), a medical procedure that uses ultrasound shockwaves to break down calcified plaque in arteries, particularly those in the coronary arteries or peripheral ...

Credit: xmee/Shutterstock. FastWave Medical has completed the initial first-in-human procedures in the multicentre feasibility study of the Sola coronary laser intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) system.

Results from multiple randomized clinical trials comparing outcomes after intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)– and optical coherence tomography (OCT)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with ...