Sakra World Hospital Conducts Karnataka’s First Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy Surgery

▴ Sakra World Hospital Conducts Karnatakas First Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy Surgery
This surgery was carried out by Dr Sreekanth B Shetty, Senior Consultant and Head of Interventional Cardiology,

Calcification of coronary artery plaques poses unique challenges in treatment with angioplasty and stent. Hard calcified blockages do not yield easily to balloon and therefore the stent doesn’t expandwell. This effect long term outcomes of angioplasty. Various methods have been hitherto available to deal with thissituation, such as rotablation , very high pressure balloons , atherectomy devices etc.

A very recent addition to the armamentarium is Shockwave lithotripsy also called intravascular lithotripsy, which uses a special balloon to deliverhigh pressure waves at the blockage and breaks the calcium. This softens the blockage and facilitates successfulangioplasty and stenting.


Sakra World Hospital, one of the city’s leading multispecialty hospital, performed Karnataka’s first Coronary Shockwave Lithotripsy surgery recently. This surgery was carried out by Dr Sreekanth B Shetty, Senior Consultant and Head of Interventional Cardiology, Sakra World Hospital on a 75-year-old patient suffering from an advanced form of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) with multiple blockages which turn hard due to calcification.


The patient came with a resistant heart failure and had multiple artery blockages with calcium deposits along with
other underlying health conditions because of which he could not undergo bypass surgery. He was treated with a
combination of Rotablation and Shockwave lithotripsy.


This innovative technology was launched by Shockwave Medical, USA, and was introduced in India only a few weeks
ago after being approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).


Commenting on the procedure and the technology, Dr Sreekanth B Shetty says, “Sakra World Hospital has always
been the forefront of adopting new technology and provide world-class clinical medical services to its patients. We are
glad to be the first hospital in Karnataka to conduct Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy. This innovation will benefit
numerous patients undergoing angioplasties. Over time, coronary blockage becomes hard which leads to deposition of
calcium. Often these blockages do not let the conventional balloons to dilate the lesion leading to unsatisfactory results
in angioplasties performed. Also, under expanded stents carry high risks such as stent clot formation which causes a
30-40% mortality rate and also of restenosis. However, with this novel technology, we can easily open up calcified
plaques safely in carefully selected cases.”

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