Malignant Ureteral Obstruction: Functional Duration of Metallic versus Polymeric Ureteral Stents. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Ureteral obstruction caused by extrinsic compression is often associated with intra-abdominal cancers. Internal drainage with ureteral stents is typically the first-line therapy to relieve such obstructions.
Po-Ming Chow +9 more
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Evaluation of D-TACE combined with endovascular brachytherapy for HCC with MPVTT
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with main portal vein tumor thrombus (MPVTT) may be able to have TACE through stent implantation into the portal vein with thrombosis to recover portal blood flow.PurposeThe goal of this study was to ...
Wei Huang +9 more
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Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula Following Femoral Access Precipitating High-Output Heart Failure
JACC: Case Reports, 2021 Iatrogenic complications may manifest in a variety of ways. We present the case of an 86-year-old woman who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention with a drug-eluting stent for non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction followed by leadless ...
Robert S. Zilinyi, MD +3 more
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Japanese Heart Journal, 2004 Undeployment of a stent which poses a potential risk for future events may become a serious problem in the catheter laboratory. Herewith, we present a case in which we successfully stented an undeployed stent in the distal right coronary artery.
Cemal, Sag +3 more
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Tomography, 2021 The aim was to assess the occurrence of magnetic susceptibility artifacts (MSA) following endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysm by stent using susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI).
Fanny Bourhis-Guizien +5 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Among all CVD, the most common is coronary artery disease (CAD).
Shivan Barungi +12 more
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Stent fractures in the superficial femoral artery: predisposing factors and their implications
Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2022 Background Fractures in stents implanted in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) are recognized complications of endovascular management of this arterial territory.
Fernando Trés Silveira +7 more
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An Innovative Approach in the Fabrication of a Hollow Vaginal Stent Using Ice in a Gender Dysphoria Patient: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Gender dysphoria is the term used for individuals who are unhappy with their assigned gender at birth. They experience a strong desire to have the body of the opposite gender or to be socially recognised as a person of the opposite gender.
Sheetal Rameshlal Khubchandani +4 more
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016 Aims. This study was to compare the degradation, complications, and tissue reactions of two segmented biodegradable esophageal stents in a porcine model. Methods.
Yadong Feng +6 more
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The increased main branch to stent diameter ratio is associated with side branch decreased coronary flow in "true" coronary artery bifurcations treated by "provisional" stenting - a two-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography study [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020 Background/Aim. Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in bifurcation lesions having more than 50% stenosis of both the main branch (MB) and the side branch (SB) remain challenging.
Ilić Ivan +11 more
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