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Interventional therapies for chronic heart failure: An overview of recent developments
Abstract Heart failure (HF), the final manifestation of most cardiovascular diseases, has become a major global health concern, affecting millions of individuals. Despite basic drug treatments, patients present with high morbidity and mortality rates. However, recent advancements in interventional therapy have shown promising results in improving the ...
Bingchen Guo+7 more
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A qualified weapon in the fight against challenging coronary artery lesions: Rotablator® device
Atherectomy is a procedure that clears blockages in the coronary arteries in order to improve blood flow to the heart and relieve symptoms of coronary artery disease.
Mustafa Bulut+2 more
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a drug coated balloon (DCB) is a novel treatment which seeks to acutely dilate a coronary stenosis and deliver an anti-proliferative drug to the vessel wall (reducing the risk of re-stenosis), without ...
H. Mohiaddin+3 more
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High-pressure balloon angioplasty of coronary sinus vein [PDF]
Biventricular pacing is an accepted therapy for heart failure. With increasing rates of implantation, anatomical problems with the coronary sinus will become more evident. A 52-year-old man with non-surgical ischaemic cardiomyopathy underwent implantation of a biventricular defibrillator. The coronary sinus was engaged with a CSEH sheath (Guidant Ltd,
K. Dauber, Gerry Kaye
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High‐risk cardiac patients may benefit from timely temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) implantation to provide perioperative hemodynamic stabilization and circulatory support, thus enabling them to undergo life‐saving thoracic surgery. CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; IABP: intra‐aortic balloon pump; tMCS: temporary mechanical circulatory ...
Viviana Teresa Agosta+4 more
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Safety and effectiveness of the novel intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) device: The overall success rate of the novel intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) device (A) is 97.4%, with no significant differences observed across subgroups (age, gender, hypertensive, bifurcation, lesion length and lumen narrowing) (B).
Xin Deng+14 more
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Angiogenesis-dependent and independent phases of intimal hyperplasia. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Neointimal vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is a primary cause of occlusive vascular disease, including atherosclerosis, restenosis after percutaneous interventions, and bypass graft stenosis. Angiogenesis is implicated in the
Bhardwaj, S+9 more
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AIMS We sought to find out what factors are important for long-term prognosis, the small vessel itself or abnormal glucose tolerance, in patients treated with coronary angioplasty. BACKGROUND Patients with coronary artery disease with diabetes mellitus
Yoritaka Otsuka+8 more
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Implantation of paclitaxel-eluting stents in saphenous vein grafts: clinical and angiographic follow-up results from a multicentre study. [PDF]
Objective: To define the clinical and angiographic follow-up results after implantation of paclitaxel-eluting stents (PESs) in stenotic saphenous vein grafts (SVGs). Design: Prospective multicentre study. Comparison with a control group.
Blindt, Ruediger+5 more
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Background Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with primary stenting, which stands for stent implantation regardless of obtaining satisfactory results with balloon angioplasty, has superseded conventional plain old balloon angioplasty with ...
Chao Gao+15 more
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