The machines provide a full shock wave loading, beginning with an initial acceleration pulse, followed by a sinusoidal decay. In doing so, velocity and displacement are also carefully controlled.

Extracorporeal cardiac shock wave therapy (CSWT) was reported to improve outcome of IHD in previous short-term studies. We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficiency of CSWT in patients with ischemic ...

Methods We reviewed PCI performed in the calendar year 2015 as coded on the Cardiovascular Imaging and Information System (CVIS) with cardiogenic shock and outcomes checked with the Northern Ireland ...