Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We present our experience performing concurrent lead extraction and dilation/stenting of venous pathways, including patients with complete venous obstruction. Three patients had complete obstructions, three required stenting of their innominate veins and three required recanalization of their femoral vessels. years (range 3.6−35.3

Congenital Heart Disease 40

Congenital Heart Disease Stent Stents Congenital 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Patients with atrial fibrillation were excluded from clinical trials evaluating carotid artery stent(CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA).We We used the ICD-10 to identify patients hospitalized with diagnosis of stroke, TIA, or retinal ischemia with stenosis of carotid artery who underwent CAS or CEA. versus 18.8%

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Objective:To compare the 1-month stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and/or death rates among symptomatic patients undergoing either CAS or CEA according to the timing of the procedure in Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stenting Trial (CREST).Methods:We

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

To our knowledge, no studies have directly compared the right and left TRA for carotid artery stenting (CAS). The right TRA was performed as a first-line approach from 2019 to 2021, with the left TRA being used thereafter. Patients who underwent proximal balloon-protected CAS were excluded.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It can provide intraluminal fly-through and clipping-plane views which help endovascular assessment of stents, aneurysms, vessel wall irregularities and calcification. 2021 Sep;31(9):1407-1411. Epub 2021 Feb 18. The dataset could even be used to generate 3D-printed models of congenital heart disease [2]. Cardiol Young.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Background There is mounting data supporting the use of drug-coated balloons (DCB) not only for treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR), but also in native coronary artery disease. So far, paclitaxel-coated balloons represented the mainstay DCBs. Angiograms and outcomes were independently adjudicated.

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Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Infarction Stents Stent 59

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Background Following the identification of a late mortality signal, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened an advisory panel that concluded that additional clinical study data are needed to comprehensively evaluate the late mortality signal observed with the use of drug-coated balloons (DCB) and drug-eluting stent (DES).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

This observational cohort study investigates clinical approaches and long-term outcomes of iatrogenic CeAD after endovascular interventions.Methods:We conducted a retrospective chart review to analyze patients who underwent endovascular treatments at the Mayo Clinic from 1998 to 2021. Only 4(12.5%) were treated with hyperacute stenting.

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Heart 2023 Conference

MARCH 5, 2023

Dr. Kaki implanted Impella CP® on March 18, 2021, while he cleared blockages and inserted stents. Kaki, and Ella's heart had a reduced ejection fraction of 45%. After that, he decided Ella was a good candidate for an Impella®-protected PCI procedure. Ella went back to her house the following day.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Open-Heart Surgery Chest Pain Stents 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 10, 2024

5.11), repeat PCI or stent thrombosis (pooled RR 1.99, 95% CI 1.21–3.28), Systematic Review Registration PROSPERO 2021 (CRD42021292985). In subsequent analyses, admission hyperglycemia was associated with an increased risk of reinfarction (pooled RR 1.69, 95% CI 1.31–2.17), 2.17), heart failure (pooled RR 1.56, 95% CI: 1.37–1.77),

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Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock Article STEMI 59

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:A new policy was implemented in November 2021 to reduce the length of post-anesthesia-care-unit (PACU) stay from 6 hours to 4 hours to reduce the nursing care burden and decrease the length of stay, yet how it affected patients’ events after PACU discharge needed close evaluation.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Traditional endovascular treatment for acutely symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) includes balloon angioplasty and stenting. Subsequent balloon angioplasty and/or stenting were at operator discretion. Stenting was performed in 10 cases (using Atlas, Wingspan, Onyx Resolute, Onyx Frontier).

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MARCH 20, 2024

One is in-stent restenosis. Stent under expansion. But, still they also did not increase MACCE, major bleeding or death when a large database of the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society was analyzed and published in 2021, which had nearly 1500 cases of laser angioplasty and about 150 cases of RASER angioplasty.

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Cardiology Update

MAY 14, 2024

Intravascular imaging (IVI), such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), play a crucial role in assessing lesion characteristics and optimizing stent placement during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients were divided into two groups based on IVI usage.

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Outcomes Myocardial Infarction Ultrasound Article 52

DAIC

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As a result, healthcare faces rising expenses from frequent emergency room visits, lengthy hospital stays, costly procedures like stent placements and bypass surgeries, as well as the long-term management of chronic conditions like heart failure (HF). billion between 2021 and 2023.

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Circulation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The primary efficacy objective was to demonstrate superiority of PPA to reduce the primary efficacy end point of all-cause death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, stent thrombosis (definite), or urgent revascularization (any vessel) within 30 days. to 1.57]).

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Myocardial Infarction Academic Thrombosis STEMI 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Here we assess the efficacy of technique switching after the first pass failed reperfusion in a large multi-center cohort.Methods:All consecutive patients treated with EVT from 12 centers across the US were prospectively collected between 10/2018 12/2021 (SVIN Registry). Exclusion criteria included incomplete data.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of EVT for ICAD with those of cardiogenic cerebral embolism (CE) based on real-world data from a multicenter, prospective registry study (K-NET registry) involving 40 centers in Japan.Methods:The K-NET study enrolled 3187 EVTs in 2018-2021, of which 358 (11%) were ICAD and 1870 (59%) were CE.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We aimed to evaluate the association between RS with functional outcomes compared to medical management (MM) in patients who underwent failed MT.Methods:This is a cross-sectional study using prospectively collected data from the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) Registry from 2018 to 2021.

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Angioplasty Strokes Stroke Stents 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Postoperative complication rates of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) for carotid artery stenosis are recommended to be maintained below a certain threshold. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP128-ATP128, February 1, 2025.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Previously placed stents in the LAD (multiple) and mid circumflex and patent Formal echocardiogram: Normal left ventricular size and wall thickness. Angiogram: Severe two-vessel coronary artery disease with possible co-culprits (90% proximal circumflex, 70% mid/distal RCA) in the setting of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.

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Chest Pain Ischemia Echocardiogram Myocardial Infarction 118

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionTo provide our single‐institution experience and outcome data with the WEB device in 51 patients treated for ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms.MethodsOcclusion rates in a cohort of 51 patients treated with WEB were collected at time of procedure and at last follow‐up between the years 2019 and 2021.

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Aneurysm Embolism Hemorrhage Document 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Unfortunately, we do not have those images for review, but the operators described a ruptured LAD plaque and they stented this area, which ensures the stability of the plaque. The image on the left shows the LAD before intervention, and the red circled portion on the right indicates the stented region.

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Plaque Angina Blog Stents 127

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 23, 2023

LAD and D1 were stented, but flow unfortunately could not be well restored despite efforts (they list the post intervention TIMI flow still as 0). Epub 2021 Nov 17. Serial tracings following stent placement confirmed the large extent of myocardial injury. LCX and RCA were described as "normal" in the cath report. 2021.11.023.

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Chest Pain STEMI Blog Stents 98

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

It was a 60yo with a history of stents to the circumflex and right coronary arteries, who presented with 9 hours of fluctuating central chest pain. non-occlusive ischemia) JAHA 2021 3. -- Meyers HP, Bracey A, Lee D, et al. J of Emerg Med 2021. International Journal of Cardiology Heart and Vasculature 2021.

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STEMI Myocardial Infarction Chest Pain Ischemia 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Angiogram: Culprit Lesion (s): Thrombotic occlusion of the proximal RCA -- stented. The November 27, 2021 post ( LA-RA reversal ). However, raising the pulse to 60 is hardly "working" for a patient who needs a lot more cardiac output. Fortunately, the patient made it to the cath lab alive without pacing or intubation.

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Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction STEMI Cardiogenic Shock 97

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The lesion was successfully stented. 2021 Sep;49(6):488-500. A significant amount of thrombotic material was aspirated by manual thrombectomy (see below for aspirated thrombi). Aspirated thrombotic material. Here is the post-intervention angiogram and post-PCI ECG. The pain was completely resolved after coronary intervention.

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EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 21, 2022

Advanced multi-vessel disease was found with stents deployed to the mid-LCx (80% stenosis), D1 (90% stensosis), and the pLAD (95% stenosis). The ECG’s were sent to the PCI center, and the providers in the respective ED identified the T wave characteristics mentioned above. STEMI was activated and the patient went to Cath on arrival.

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Ischemia Myocardial Infarction Blog Coronary Angiogram 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Annals of Emergency Medicine 2021. So the patient was taken for emergent cath, showing: Culprit artery: LAD (100% stenosis, TIMI 0) requiring thrombectomy and stent. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Occlusion Myocardial Infarction in Ventricular Paced Rhythm Using the Modified Sgarbossa Criteria.

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Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction STEMI Pacemaker 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

They were stented. Epub 2021 Nov 17. [link] Unbeknownst to us at the time, there was an old ECG for comparison from 3.5 years prior which I only found a day later: This is a truly normal ECG, with normal sized T-waves and normal S-waves in V2 and V3. The peak troponin was 1863 ng/L. Why not very very high? Am J Emerg Med. 2021.11.023.

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Chest Pain STEMI Article Myocardial Infarction 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The lesion was successfully stented, but it was unfortunately done after a significant myocardial loss. 2021 Sep;49(6):488-500. You may see a filling defect in distal LAD, most probably due to an embolization from proximal lesion. Also note that LAD does not extensively wrap-around apex and supply inferior wall. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars.

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Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Blog Pericarditis 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Compare to the anatomy after stenting: The lower of the 2 now easily seen branches is the circumflex, now with excellent flow. 2021 Dec 7;10(23):e022866. Epub 2021 Nov 15. Here is his angiogram: This shot shows that the left circumflex (LCx) is occluded at the ostium (origin). The patient recovered well. J Am Heart Assoc.

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Myocardial Infarction Chest Pain Blog Echocardiogram 40

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2022 Arman Kilic Supplementing Existing Societal Risk Models for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Machine Learning for Improved Prediction Journal of the American Heart Association November 2021 Jared Belle Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular (..)

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Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital 52

DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Endovascular therapy is a minimally invasive procedure that uses catheters over which a stent-retriever and/or aspiration catheter is advanced to the occlusion in the brain to retrieve the clot and restore blood flow, preventing further brain damage.

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