Abstract
Chronic mesenteric ischemia has traditionally been treated with either open surgical revascularization or endovascular therapy. Endovascular surgery has typically been preferred due to the lower rates of peri-procedural and post-procedural morbidity, yet this comes at the expense of long-term durability. Intravascular shockwave lithotripsy is a technique utilized to modify intimal and medial calcified plaque in order to improve vessel expansion and patency. Intravascular lithotripsy has been investigated as both primary and adjunctive treatment for peripheral arterial and coronary arterial lesions, however, its use in the treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia requires further investigation. We present a case of a 75-year-old woman with symptomatic mesenteric ischemia who underwent intravascular shockwave lithotripsy of a 99% stenosis superior mesenteric artery with an excellent outcome.
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