Carotid artery disease causes up to 30% of all strokes, but severely calcified lesions can make treatment quite complex. The hope is that IVL can be as successful in this area as it has been in the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease.
“We have colonoscopies, we have mammograms, but we have not had equivalents for most forms of heart disease,” Pierre Elias, MD, Pathway Labs founder and CEO, explained.
Follow-up care after a successful heart transplant can be challenging—both for providers and their patients. Consider, for example, the fact that so many patients who develop complications never actually present with symptoms.