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All anatomical iliac characteristics were acquired by multi-planar reconstruction of preoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA). The hostility of the vascular accesses was classified based on Peripheral Arterial Calcium Scoring System (PACSS) and calcified access severity score (CASS), a new score considering both anatomical (calcium grade and length, minimum lumen diameter [MLD], and tortuosity index) and aortic stent-graft (SG\/MLD index) parameters. Primary endpoint was technical success defined as successful aortic endograft delivery and deployment without iliac rupture. Freedom from complications and primary patency were additionally analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-eight iliac axes were treated with IVL (8 bilateral) in 20 patients (mean age 74.5\u00b16.7 years) with a mean follow-up of 26.5\u00b16.2 (range 17\u201336) months. Ten patients underwent EVAR: 3 TEVAR, and 7 BEVAR procedures. In 14 patients (70%), aneurysm disease was associated with symptomatic aorto-iliac occlusive disease (AIOD), with Rutherford class III to IV. The PACSS was grade IV in 89% of the cases and the CASS (mean 14\u00b12) was grade III to IV in all cases. The stent-graft (SG) outer diameter (5.60\u00b11.65 mm) was significantly larger by 50% than MLD (3.96\u00b11.20 mm), with an SG\/MLD index of 1.50\u00b10.51 (p&lt;0.001). Technical success was 100%. No dissection, rupture, or distal embolization occurred. One (3.4%) bail-out stenting was necessary as endoconduit after IVL treatment. One month CTA showed that postoperative luminal gain increased by 93% (p&lt;0.001). An improvement of 2 Rutherford classes occurred in all AIOD patients with a primary patency of 100% at last follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study shows the safety and feasibility of IVL as a valuable option to treat narrow and calcified iliac arteries to facilitate endograft delivery. Further studies will be useful to confirm these results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Impact<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this article, the use of intravascular iliac artery lithotripsy to facilitate aortic endograft delivery is explored. The presence of iliac severe calcifications still represents a contraindication for aortic endovascular repair. Intravascular lithotripsy increases the feasibility and safety of endovascular aortic procedures, facilitating endograft delivery and reducing the risk of iliac rupture and\/or dissections by improving vessel compliance and luminal gain. This novel vessel preparation could be an alternative to \u201cpaving and cracking\u201d and\/or iliac conduits. This study describes a new score to classify the severity of iliac calcifications, considering anatomical parameters and the profile of aortic endografts delivery system.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/15266028241241246","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,2]],"date-time":"2024-04-02T01:51:05Z","timestamp":1712022665000},"page":"2183-2195","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Intravascular Iliac Artery Lithotripsy to Facilitate Aortic Endograft Delivery: Midterm Results of a Dual-Center Experience"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4028-4947","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Fazzini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2477-6562","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Federico Francisco","family":"Pennetta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7513-5063","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Torsello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Vascular Research, St. Franziskus-Hospital, M\u00fcnster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7262-5777","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valerio","family":"Turriziani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simona","family":"Vona","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9229-0495","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Ascoli Marchetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arnaldo","family":"Ippoliti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martin","family":"Austermann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Franziskus-Hospital, M\u00fcnster, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michel Joseph","family":"Bosiers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Franziskus-Hospital, M\u00fcnster, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejvs.2013.01.037"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1526602821991125"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.008434"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1526602820914598"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11886-019-1245-2"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fcvm.2021.739750"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jcin.2019.03.013"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ccd.28379"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejvsvf.2021.12.082"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ccd.25387"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_12_2","volume-title":"Paper presented at Charing Cross Symposium","author":"Fazzini","unstructured":"Fazzini. 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