Kidney Stone Tx May Work for Breaking Up Calcified Plaque Substantial acute gains with lithoplasty balloon system

The vibrating technology used in kidney stone treatment translated into a viable method of dislodging calcified plaque from coronary arteries, according to results from a small study. With a 5.0% rate of adverse events at 30 days (all of them non-Q-wave MIs), use of the lithoplasty balloon system from Shockwave Medical was safe, reported Todd J. Brinton, MD, of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues. Brinton is the founder of Shockwave Medical. https://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/EuroPCR/65460?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-05-22&eun=g721819d0r&pos=4