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Cutting Balloon Treatment Prior to Stent Placement Comparable to Intravascular Lithotripsy for Patients with Calcified Coronary Artery Disease

Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for the treatment of calcified coronary artery disease found CB to be noninferior to IVL.

October 27, 2025


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