Cover to Make a Covered Stent: An Unusual Method of treating a Coronary Perforation
Coronary artery perforation is an infrequent yet serious complication of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Management includes conservative methods like prolonged balloon tamponade, emergency pericardiocentesis, in addition to implantation of ...
Sadaf Shabbir Kiani +2 more
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Use of balloon catheter dilation and steroid-eluting stent in light and severe rhinosinusitis of frontal sinus: a multicenter retrospective randomized study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Frontal sinus surgery has an increased rate of re-stenosis, if compared to other sinuses, that mainly depends on recurrent inflammation and abnormal scarring at the frontal recess; its reduction represents one of the keys of therapeutic ...
Azimonti, Dario +8 more
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Pharmacokinetic analysis after implantation of everolimus-eluting self-expanding stents in the peripheral vasculature [PDF]
Background: A novel self-expanding drug-eluting stent was designed to release everolimus 225 mu g/cm(2) to prevent restenosis following peripheral arterial intervention.
Hausegger, Klaus A +7 more
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Comparison between the STENTYS self-apposing bare metal and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents for the treatment of saphenous vein grafts (ADEPT trial) [PDF]
Aims To describe the safety and performance of STENTYS self-expandable bare metal stents (BMS) versus paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) in saphenous vein grafts (SVGs).
Amoroso, G. (Giovanni) +6 more
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Although different drug-eluting balloons appear similar in the underlying concept, the technical differences are important. This article takes a closer look at the coating technique and applications of the different products in the market and why different techniques have been used.
Norbert Weiss +2 more
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Infrainguinal angioplasty with drug-eluting stents and balloons [PDF]
The objective of this study was to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes of infrainguinal angioplasty with drug-eluting stent (DES) or balloon (DEB).The EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Cochrane databases and the Current Controlled Trials register were systematically interrogated for articles reporting results of infrainguinal angioplasty with ...
Canaud, Ludovic +5 more
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Stent implant follow-up in intravascular optical coherence tomography images [PDF]
The objectives of this article are (i) to utilize computer methods in detection of stent struts imaged in vivo by optical coherence tomography (OCT) during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI); (ii) to provide measurements for the assessment ...
Carlier, Stephane Guy +4 more
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Basic Concepts and Clinical Outcomes of Drug-Eluting Balloons for Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease: An Overview [PDF]
The technology of percutaneous coronary intervention for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease has evolved considerably since its inception. Though Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) reduces the rate of restenosis, long-term safety outcomes and persistent ...
C. D. Ramakrishna +4 more
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A 61-year-old man presented with chronic limb threatening ischemia due to reocclusion of a femoropopliteal (FP) bypass using a saphenous vein graft (SVG). After performing endovascular intervention using plain angioplasty and drug-coated balloon and drug-
Taku Toyoshima, MD +5 more
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Comportamiento mecánico ante la sobrexpansión de stents de cromo-cobalto comparados con stents de acero inoxidable, implantados en la aorta abdominal de conejos hipercolesterolémicos [PDF]
Introducción: La fisiopatología de la disfunción diastólica del ventrículo izquierdo incluye alteraciones de la relajación ventricular, rigidez elástica pasiva o una combinación de ambos mecanismos.
Berrocal, Daniel +5 more
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