S-Nitrosoglutathione reduces asymptomatic embolization after carotid angioplasty [PDF]
Background: The major complication of carotid angioplasty is embolic stroke, which may occur after balloon inflation and deflation or in the early postintervention period.
Clifton, A. +4 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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Limb salvage procedure in occlusion of the infrapopliteal arteries [PDF]
Background/Aim. Limb salvage is a procedure for treatment of the causes of ischemia in the peripheral arteries of the lower limbs. This procedure consists of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of arteries of the infrapopliteal segment in the ...
Mijailović Milan, Lukić Snežana
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ASCORE: an up-to-date cardiovascular risk score for hypertensive patients reflecting contemporary clinical practice developed using the (ASCOT-BPLA) trial data. [PDF]
A number of risk scores already exist to predict cardiovascular (CV) events. However, scores developed with data collected some time ago might not accurately predict the CV risk of contemporary hypertensive patients that benefit from more modern ...
A K Gupta +27 more
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Myocardial damage size assessment in the zone of infarction for indicating rescue percutaneous coronary intervention [PDF]
Background. The most important predictors of subsequent patients outcome after acute myocardial infarction (AIM) are infarct size, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular volumes and presence and extent of residual myocardial ischemia.
Baškot Branislav +7 more
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Subclavian steal syndrome - surgical or endovascular treatment [PDF]
Background/Aim. A phenomenon of subclavian steal is caused by occlusion or stenosis of the proximal subclavian artery with subsequent retrograde filling of the subclavian artery via the ipsilateral vertebral artery.
Cvetić Vladimir +6 more
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Measurement of pressure and assessment of cavitation for a 22.5-kHz intra-arterial angioplasty device [PDF]
This study was performed to understand better the mechanisms of action of an (22.5 kHz) ultrasonic wire catheter device used to remove atheromatous plaque in diseased blood vessels (ultrasonic angioplasty).
Everbach, E. Carr, Makin, I. R. S.
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Advances in procedural techniques--antegrade. [PDF]
There have been many technological advances in antegrade CTO PCI, but perhaps most importantly has been the evolution of the "hybrid' approach where ideally there exists a seamless interplay of antegrade wiring, antegrade dissection re-entry and ...
Spratt, JC, Wilson, W
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Coronary Artery Dissection Series - Back to the Future II: The ARM Strategy (Avoid, Recognize and Manage Dissections) in Drug-coated Balloon Angioplasty. [PDF]
Natarajan R +4 more
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COVID-19 diagnosis in a patient with critical limb ischemia: complications and clinical outcomes [PDF]
A 67-year-old male diabetic patient with systemic arterial hypertension was admitted to the emergency department with a necrotic ulcer in the left external malleolus and no palpable popliteal or pedal pulses.
Rafael de Athayde Soares +5 more
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