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BackgroundCoronary bifurcation lesions are common of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and the optimal interventional therapy strategy is still a matter of debate and remains a challenge for interventional cardiologists.
Haoyu Wu +7 more
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Balloon angioplasty of cardiac vein in a patient treated by cardiac resynchronization therapy [PDF]
Introduction. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces mortality and hospitalization in patients with symptomatic heart failure and left bundle branch block (LBBB) on optimal drug therapy. Among all, the reasons for “non-response” to CRT pacemaker
Đurić Predrag +8 more
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Introduction The paper discusses the techniques of modifying the atherosclerotic plaque in the left main coronary artery along with the results of the author’s own procedures using a scoring catheter (AngioSculpt) and a non-compliant (NC) balloon ...
Przemysław Żurek +3 more
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Catheter-Assisted Balloon-Supported Retrieval of a Broken Semi-Compliant Balloon from a Coronary Artery [PDF]
Incidents of broken balloon in a coronary vasculature during percutaneous coronary angioplasty are very rare. Such events in cath-lab may create panic and can be life threatening for patients.
Brajesh Kumar Kunwar +2 more
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iFR variations during coronary angioplasty
A fifty-five year-old hypertensive and former smoker male admitted with signs of typical chest pain, left bundle brunch block, and normal troponin levels. The angiography revealed 2-vessel, left circumflex and right coronary artery disease.
Iván J. Núñez-Gil +5 more
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Bindarit inhibits human coronary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and phenotypic switching [PDF]
Bindarit, a selective inhibitor of monocyte chemotactic proteins (MCPs) synthesis, reduces neointimal formation in animal models of vascular injury and recently has been shown to inhibit in-stent late loss in a placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial.
Angelo Guglielmotti +12 more
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We report a prospective analysis of immediate and long-term effects of two coronary angioplasty methods – balloon dilation and stenting – in different working periods of two endovascular laboratories.
А. М. Бабунашвили +6 more
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Zingiber officinale Roscoe reduces chest pain on patients undergoing coronary angioplasty: A clinical trial [PDF]
Introduction: Evidence from animal studies suggests that Zingiber officinale (ginger) may help prevent ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) in heart.
Afshin Hasanvand +3 more
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Randomised trial of excimer laser angioplasty versus balloon angioplasty for treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Excimer laser coronary angioplasty is reported to give excellent procedural results for treatment of complex coronary lesions, but this method has not been compared with balloon angioplasty in a randomised trial.
Appelman, Y.E.A. (Yolande) +10 more
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Background The optimal treatment for intracranial artery stenosis (ICAS) has not been established. We retrospectively examined the initial and long-term outcomes associated with restenosis of a combination therapy of balloon angioplasty and stenting for ...
Toshihiro Ueda +8 more
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