BMJ, 2002 Percutaneous coronary revascularisation has revolutionised the treatment of ischaemic heart disease during the past two decades. Despite technical refinements, however, long term results after using standard techniques remain limited by the phenomenon of restenosis—a process whereby elastic recoil and neointimal hyperplasia occur at the site of ...
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More, More, More: Reducing Thrombosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes Beyond Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-Current Data and Future Directions. [PDF]
, 2018 © 2018 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.Common to the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is the formation of arterial thrombus, which results from platelet activation and triggering of the ...
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Zotarolimus-eluting stent fracture at initial implantation diagnosed with StentBoost
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2016 Stent fracture is a rare complication of drug-eluting stent implantation with a reported rate of 0.84%–3.2% in various clinical studies with first-generation drug-eluting stents and 29% in autopsy studies.
Alev Arat Ozkan +2 more
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Intravascular ultrasound findings in the multicenter, randomized, double-blind RAVEL (RAndomized study with the sirolimus-eluting VElocity balloon- expandable stent in the treatment of patients with de novo native coronary artery Lesions) trial [PDF]
, 2002 BACKGROUND: The goal of this intravascular ultrasound investigation was to provide a more detailed morphological analysis of the local biological effects of the implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent compared with an uncoated stent.
Abizaid, A.C. (Alexandre) +11 more
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Single versus two-stent strategies for coronary bifurcation lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials with long-term follow-up [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The majority of coronary bifurcation lesions are treated with a provisional single‐stent strategy rather than an up‐front 2‐stent strategy.
Berry, Colin +8 more
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Emotions and scope effects in the monetary valuation of health [PDF]
, 2018 JEL classifications: H41 H51 I11 I18 I31This study presents evidence on the role of emotions in the monetary evaluation of health technologies, namely, drug-eluting stents (DES) in our case.
Araña, Jorge +3 more
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Paclitaxel Drug-eluting Tracheal Stent Could Reduce Granulation Tissue Formation in a Canine Model
Chinese Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Currently available silicone and metallic stents for tracheal stenosis are associated with many problems. Granulation proliferation is one of the main complications.
Ting Wang +5 more
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Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationObjective: To compare the efficacy of drug-eluting stents and drug-eluting balloons in treating in-stent restenosis. Method: The systematic review was conducted from January to February 2022, and comprised literature search on PubMed, ProQuest ...
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Trials, 2012 Background Neointimal hyperplasia plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of in-stent restenosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Drug eluting ureteral stent is an effective means for local drug delivery to the urinary tract. It can potentially solve a variety of upper urinary tract problems, such as stent-related urinary tract infections and discomfort, ureteral stricture, and ...
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