Intravascular lithotripsy for peripheral artery calcification

Abstract: Objectives
The study sought to compare short-term outcomes in patients with femoropopliteal artery calcification receiving vessel preparation with intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) prior to drug-coated balloon (DCB) for symptomatic peripheral artery disease.

Background
Endovascular treatment of calcified peripheral artery lesions is associated with suboptimal vessel expansion and increased complication risk. Although initial results from single-arm studies with IVL have been reported, comparative evidence from randomized trials is lacking for most devices in the presence of heavy calcification.

Methods
The Disrupt PAD III (Shockwave Medical Peripheral Lithoplasty System Study for PAD) randomized trial enrolled patients with moderate or severe calcification in a femoropopliteal artery who underwent vessel preparation with IVL or PTA prior to DCB or stenting. The primary endpoint was core lab–adjudicated procedural success (residual stenosis ≤30% without flow-limiting dissection) prior to DCB or stenting.

Results
In patients receiving IVL (n = 153) or PTA (n = 153), procedural success was greater in the IVL group (65.8% vs. 50.4%; p = 0.01) and the percentage of lesions with residual stenosis ≤30% (66.4% vs. 51.9%; p = 0.02) was greater in the IVL group, while flow-limiting dissections occurred more frequently in the PTA group (1.4% vs. 6.8%; p = 0.03). Post-dilatation (5.2% vs. 17.0%; p = 0.001) and stent placement (4.6% vs. 18.3%; p < 0.001) were also greater in the PTA group. The rates of major adverse events (IVL: 0% vs. PTA: 1.3%; p = 0.16) and clinically driven target lesion revascularization (IVL: 0.7% vs. PTA: 0.7%; p = 1.0) at 30 days were comparable between groups.

Conclusions
IVL is an effective vessel preparation strategy that facilitates definitive endovascular treatment in calcified femoropopliteal arteries in patients with peripheral artery disease. (Shockwave Medical Peripheral Lithoplasty System Study for PAD [Disrupt PAD III]; NCT02923193)

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
JACC Cardiovascular interventions. - 14, 12 (2021) , 1352-1361, ISSN: 1936-8798

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2021
Urheber
Tepe, Gunnar
Brodmann, Marianne
Werner, Martin
Bachinsky, William
Holden, Andrew
Zeller, Thomas
Mangalmurti, Sarang
Nolte-Ernsting, Claus
Bertolet, Barry
Scheinert, Dierk Wolfgang
Gray, William A.

DOI
10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.010
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2192112
Rechteinformation
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14.08.2025, 10:59 MESZ

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