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Abstract 190: Patient Selection for Intracranial Stenting: Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Procedural Success Rates

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

In the SAMMPRIS trial, patients who had experienced recent TIA/CVA secondary to 70‐99% ICAS demonstrated an increased risk of recurrent stroke when treated with angioplasty and stenting compared to medical therapy alone [1]. Six patients (17.1%) experienced perioperative complications including stent occlusion, bradycardia, and hematoma.

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75 year old with 24 hours of chest pain, STEMI negative

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

There’s sinus bradycardia, normal conduction, normal axis, delayed R wave progression, and normal voltages. The patient has a history of CABG so some of these changes could be old, but with ongoing chest pain and bradycardia in a high risk patient this is still acute OMI until proven otherwise. Sinus bradycardia.” Busk et al.