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Abstract WMP94: Trends in Co-morbidities and Mortality in Rescue Stenting and Elective Stenting for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease: National Inpatient Sample Data Analysis

Stroke Journal

National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2009 to 2020, evaluating patients who presented with stroke from ICAD and were treated with angioplasty and stenting and analyzed presenting co-morbidities and patient outcomes. There were significantly higher incidences in uncontrolled hypertension (28.2% vs 7.9%), diabetes (33.6%

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Abstract TP191: National Trends in Rescue Therapy for Failed Thrombectomy 2009-2020

Stroke Journal

Rescue therapy with angioplasty alone or with stenting has been utilized. This study assesses the longitudinal trends for adjunctive treatments following failed thrombectomy in the U.S.Methods:We performed a data search from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database using ICD9 and ICD10 procedure codes from 2009 through 2020.

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A dialysis patient with nonspecific symptoms and pseudonormalization of ST segments

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

His inpatient clinicians did not think that an urgent angiogram was warranted given that he was chest pain free, his EKG appeared nondiagnostic, and serial troponins were not elevating beyond 2 ug/L. The lesion was intervened on with balloon angioplasty and had subsequent TIMI 3 flow. There was initially TIMI 0 flow.

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Ostial Corp. Rebrands as Verge Medical, Acquires New Technology

DAIC

The company also unveiled its new identity as Verge Medical, marking a strategic expansion in the coronary and peripheral markets, with product offerings now in the inpatient and office-based settings. tim.hodson Tue, 03/18/2025 - 09:26 March 17, 2025 Ostial Corp.,