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Treatment of atherosclerotic renovascular hypertension: review of observational studies and a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. [PDF]

, 2015
open9Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis can cause ischaemic nephropathy and arterial hypertension. We herein review the observational and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing medical and endovascular treatment for control of hypertension and ...
Caielli, P, Calò, Frigo, Anna Chiara, Maiolino, G, Miotto, Diego, Pengo, Mf, Rossi, Gianpaolo, Rossitto, G, Seccia, Teresa Maria   +8 more
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Antiplatelet therapy for tibial balloon angioplasty: A clinical perspective

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Percutaneous transluminal tibial balloon angioplasty has an important role in the therapeutic approach of critical limb ischaemia. Despite a growing number of patients with critical limb ischaemia, there are no trials to guide the pharmacologic approach ...
Costin N Ionescu, Sophia E Altin, Carlos Mena-Hurtado   +2 more
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Predictive significance and diagnostic accuracy of plasma fibrinogen levels for coronary stenting outcomes

Heart Vessels and Transplantation, 2022
Objective: The advancement in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has led to it becoming the predominant mode of revascularization.
Tarun Bansal, Anand Shukla, Rujuta Parikh, Gaurav Singh, Ashish Mishra, Lalan Singh, Krutika Patel, Iva Patel, Utsav Patel   +8 more
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Low-Dose Paclitaxel–Coated Versus Uncoated Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Peripheral Artery Disease

Circulation, 2017
Background: Numerous studies have reported favorable outcomes using drug-coated balloons (DCBs) for treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease of the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries.
Henrik Schroeder, M. Werner, D. Meyer, P. Reimer, Karsten Krüger, M. Jaff, M. Brodmann   +6 more
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty results in improved physical function but not balance in patients with intermittent claudication [PDF]

, 2013
Objective The aim of this study was to identify whether revascularization by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for patients with intermittent claudication improved measures of functional performance including balance.
Chetter, Ian C., Coughlin, Patrick A., Gohil, Risha Arun, Khan, Junaid A., Mazari, Fayyaz A., Mockford, Katherine A., Van Vanicek, Natalie   +6 more
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Drug-Coated Balloon Versus Standard Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for the Treatment of Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Peripheral Artery Disease

Circulation, 2015
Background— Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) have shown promise in improving the outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease. We compared a paclitaxel-coated balloon with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for the treatment of symptomatic ...
G. Tepe, J. Laird, P. Schneider, M. Brodmann, P. Krishnan, A. Micari, C. Metzger, D. Scheinert, T. Zeller, D. Cohen, David B Snead, B. Alexander, Mario Landini, M. Jaff   +13 more
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Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of supervised exercise, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or combined treatment for patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease [PDF]

, 2017
Background: To compare the long-term outcomes of angioplasty (PTA), supervised exercise (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA+SEP) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) due to femoropopliteal disease. Methods: Patients recruited to PTA, SEP and PTA+
Carradice, Daniel, Chetter, Ian, Khan, Junaid A., Mazari, Fayyaz A., McCollum, P.C., Samuel, Nehemiah, Smith, George   +6 more
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Balloon Angioplasty - The Legacy of Andreas Grüntzig, M.D. (1939-1985)

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2014
In 1974, at the Medical Policlinic of the University of Zürich, German-born physician-scientist Andreas Grüntzig (1939-1985) successfully applied a balloon-tipped catheter to re-open a severely stenosed femoral artery, a procedure which he initially ...
Matthias eBarton, MD, FAHA, Johannes eGrüntzig, MD, Marc eHusmann, MD, Josef eRösch, MD   +3 more
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Renal artery stenosis-when to screen, what to stent? [PDF]

, 2014
Renal artery stensosis (RAS) continues to be a problem for clinicians, with no clear consensus on how to investigate and assess the clinical significance of stenotic lesions and manage the findings.
A Losito, A Persu, AH Cragg, Alison Severn, Antiplatelet Trialists’ Collaboration, AR Chade, AT Hirsch, B Bruyne De, B Drieghe, B Girolami, BC Jaarsveld van, BH Gray, C Chrysochou, C Chrysochou, C Rountas, CG Missouris, CJ Cooper, CJ Cooper, Claudine G. Jennings, CM Cheung, D Blondin, D Lao, D Mukherjee, DFJ Tollefson, DG Hackam, DP Slovut, DTNA Berg van den, E Balk, FH Messerli, GA McKenzie, GBC Vasbinder, GBC Vasbinder, GJ Williams, H Tan, H Weibull, Isla S. Mackenzie, J Ritchie, J Webster, JL Zhang, John G. Houston, JP Beregi, JV Smit, JW Olin, JW Olin, K Rocha-Singh, K Wheatley, KA Gillis, KJ Hansen, L Bax, L Trinquart, LD Dworkin, LE Ramsay, LM Messina, LU Mailloux, M Seddon, MC Bates, MJ Bloch, MT Caps, MW Burket, OW Kincaid, P Liang, PJ Conlon, PJG Ven van de, PJG Ven van de, Renal Association, S Anand, S Savard, S Willoteaux, Samira Bell, SC Textor, SC Textor, SC Textor, SJ Gandy, SJ Gandy, SM Begelman, SW Lim, T Jonason, Thomas M. MacDonald, TP Murphy, VS Silva, WJ Jean   +80 more
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A direct comparison of decision rules for early discharge of suspected acute coronary syndromes in the era of high sensitivity troponin [PDF]

, 2018
Background: We tested the hypothesis that a single high sensitivity troponin at limits of detection (LOD HSTnT) (<5 ng/l) combined with a presentation non-ischaemic electrocardiogram is superior to low-risk Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events ...
Albouaini, Khaled, Chew, Pei Gee, Dodd, James, Fisher, Michael, Frost, Fredrick, Grainger, Ruth, Jones, Julia, Khand, Aleem, Kunadian, Babu, Mullen, Liam, Obafemi, Toba, Patel, Bilal, Rawatl, Anju, Tong, Sarah, Velavan, Periaswamy, Zadeh, Heidar   +15 more
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