Appendix A: Methods and literature search strategy

Databases	Date searched	Version/files
MEDLINE ALL (Ovid)	28/03/2024	1946 to November 10, 2023
EMBASE (Ovid)	28/03/2024	1974 to 2024 March 27
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)	28/03/2024	Issue 2 of 12, February 2024
Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)	28/03/2024	Issue 2 of 12, February 2024
International HTA database (INAHTA)	28/03/2024	-

MEDLINE ALL search strategy

Ovid MEDLINE(R) ALL <1946 to March 27, 2024>

1             Coronary Artery Disease/              78436

2             Acute Coronary Syndrome/         20829

3             Myocardial Infarction/    181992

4             exp Angina Pectoris/       44919

5             Myocardial Ischemia/     42381

6             Vascular Calcification/    6550

7             Plaque, Atherosclerotic/ 13730

8             Coronary Stenosis/          13741

9             ((coronar* or isch?em*) adj4 (arter* or heart* or vasc*) adj4 (diseas* or disord* or lesion* or stenos* or calcium*)).tw.    213039

10           (coronar* adj4 (arterioscleros* or atheroscleros*)).tw.    14329

11           ((Myocardial* or heart*) adj4 (infarct* or isch?emia* or stenos*)).tw.      267304

12           (heart adj4 attack*).tw.  7196

13           (acute* adj4 coronar* adj4 syndrome*).tw.          39859

14           angina*.tw.         59560

15           (calcif* adj4 (coronar* or heart* or vasc*) adj4 (lesion* or stenon* or arter* or plaque*)).tw.        5704

16           (vascular* adj4 (calcific* or calcinos*)).tw.             6900

17           atheroma*.tw.   11815

18           fibroatheroma*.tw.         874

19           (atheroscler* adj4 plaque*).tw.  22217

20           (arterial adj4 fat* adj4 streak*).tw.           24

21           (CHD or CAD or MI or ACS or PCI).tw.       194101

22           Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/     30266

23           (percutan* adj4 coronar* adj4 intervention*).tw.               44969

24           PCI.tw.  34666

25           or/1-24 695079

26           Lithotripsy/         11181

27           (lithotrip* or litholapax* or lithoplast*).tw.           13505

28           shockwave*.tw. 3883

29           (IVL or S-IVL).tw.               857

30           (calcif* and (plaque* adj4 modif*)).tw.   181

31           or/26-30             18672

32           25 and 31            616

33           animals/ not humans/   5172894

34           32 not 33             606

35           limit 34 to english language         583

36           limit 35 to dt=20231113-20240331          21

37           limit 35 to ed=20231113-20240331         13

38           36 or 37               30

Interventional procedure overview of intravascular lithotripsy to treat calcified coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention