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Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable

DAIC

While PCI, which includes both angioplasty and stenting, is one of the most common operations in the world, it does carry a small (about 1-2%) but significant risk of death. The research team analyzed deaths after PCI occurring at 39 Michigan hospitals participating in BMC2 between 2012 and 2014.

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Do you need to be a trained health care professional to diagnose subtle OMI on the ECG?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There was a 100% proximal LAD occlusion that was opened and stented. Pendell Meyers had not started medical school by summer of 2012, but he had read every one of my blog posts over the preceding 4 years. By the summer of 2012, he could read an ECG for OMI better than any doctor I knew. The cath lab was activated.

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Revolution Vibe CT System Now Available from GE Healthcare

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For CCTA to be truly effective, the CT system must be designed to address the most difficult cardiac exams, including irregularities in heart rhythms, patients with limited cooperation, and those with calcification, stents or bypasses. 2012) 380:2095128. Eur J Radiol. 2008;66(1):3741. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.05.006. 2007.05.006.

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Abstract WP179: Clinical Outcomes in Acute Stroke in Patients Undergoing Emergency Intracranial Stenting Receiving IV Thrombolysis

Stroke Journal

In cases of stent-retriever thrombectomy failure, rescue stent angioplasty might be the sole option for achieving permanent recanalization. Among patients who underwent emergency intracranial stenting, 66 (30.6%) received intravenous thrombolytic treatment. 10.43, p=0.0325).Conclusions:The 10.43, p=0.0325).Conclusions:The

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Bare metal stent application to prevent limb occlusion in iliac arteries with severe tortuosity during an endovascular aneurysm repair: a cohort study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

A bare metal stent (BMS) may protect LGO, according to the hypothesis of this single-center retrospective analysis.MethodsAll patients undergoing elective EVAR with a bifurcated stent graft between January 2012 and June 2022 were included in this cohort study.

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Alert in Dextrocardia with Transposition of the Great Arteries

HeartRhythm

In 2012, she had a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. The superior limb of the baffle was stenosed and required stenting. In 1973 she underwent a Mustard operation, switching atrial blood flow using a baffle, which was complicated by complete heart block. An epicardial pacemaker was implanted.

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Abstract 278: Patterns of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke Before and After the 2015 Pivotal Trials:5 Years Follow?up

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

IntroductionThe 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines recommended mechanical thrombectomy with stent‐retriever devices. We analyze the national trends in mechanical thrombectomy use and outcomes for stroke five years after publication of the US guideline update.MethodsWe analyzed the National Inpatient Sample from 2012‐2019.

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