Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Balloon angioplasty seems to be the widely preferred treatment of choice. The stenosis was treated with a stent. years later he presented with an in-stent restenosis that was successfully treated with a stent-in-stent strategy. The stenosis was treated with a stent.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 5, 2024

IntroductionPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare congenital heart disease that proves to be a clinical challenge due to the rapidly progressive disease course and high rates of treatment complications.

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Cardiology Update

MARCH 25, 2024

Trials included were: SYNTAX (TAXUS Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Narrowed Arteries), PRECOMBAT (Bypass Surgery Versus Angioplasty Using Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Disease), NOBLE (PCI vs. CABG in the Treatment of Unprotected Left Main Stenosis), and EXCEL [Evaluation (..)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Medical therapy and endovascular therapy for intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) have evolved over the past two decades with improved medical therapy benchmarks, and improved techniques and patient selection for stenting.

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Stroke Journal

JUNE 26, 2024

Asymptomatic high-grade carotid stenosis is an important therapeutic target for stroke prevention. Since then, transfemoral/transradial carotid stenting and transcarotid artery revascularization have emerged as alternatives to endarterectomy for revascularization.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Recent research has identified venous sinus stenosis as a cause of IIH, a common treatment of which is venous stenting and angioplasty. An adverse event of this procedure is in‐stent stenosis (ISS), due to either neointimal hyperplasia or hypersensitivity to an element in the stent.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Rescue treatment with stenting, balloon angioplasty, and/or intraarterial thrombolysis or antiplatelets are often required to treat the underlying stenosis. 4 Recent literature has reported clinical benefits associated with rescue stenting in the setting of ICAD‐related MT‐refractory strokes.5

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Baseline angiograms were reviewed to assess the presence or absence of intracranial stenosis lesions (IS+ Vs IS-) different than the target occlusion. Further research is warranted to explore the diagnostic value of multiple intracranial stenosis in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy. minutes; p=0.018). Vs 3; p=0.036).Conclusions:Our

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

3% sodium alginate solution was cast into a stenosis mold and crosslinked in a 40% calcium chloride. After angioplasty (Gateway PTA Balloon Catheter 3.5x20mm, Boston Scientific) and stenting (Wingspan 2.5mmx15mm, Stryker) were performed the residual stenosis was <10% (Figure 1).

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Circulation

MARCH 11, 2024

The aim of this study was to investigate outcomes in patients with left main disease with and without diabetes undergoing PCI versus CABG.METHODS:Individual patient data were pooled from 4 trials (SYNTAX [TAXUS Drug-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Narrowed Arteries], PRECOMBAT [Bypass Surgery Versus Angioplasty (..)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:Hemodynamic evaluation is crucial in assessing stroke risk in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS). Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP286-AWP286, February 1, 2025. before PTAS. before PTAS.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

A comparison of electrocardiographic changes during reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction by thrombolysis or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Here are other very interesting posts: Wellens' syndrome: to stent or not? Am Heart J. 2000;139:430–436. Pattern B — was the more common form in the original Wellens’ report.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

ml/h, P = 0.04), a higher likelihood of parent artery stenosis (65% vs. 20.8%, P < 0.001), and increased need for angioplasty or stenting (50% vs. 17%, P < 0.001). Follow-up lesion volumes and functional outcomes were similar; however, the mismatch group showed a slower infarct growth rate (3.8 ml/h vs. 7.5

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

JANUARY 25, 2024

Most neurointerventionalists (91%) diagnose ICAS‐LVO after a continued or recurrent occlusion or by the presence of fixed focal stenosis after multiple mechanical thrombectomy attempts. Most respondents (86%) preferred acute treatment of ICAS‐LVO with rescue stenting (RS)±angioplasty.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Treatment of ICAS‐LVO with rescue stenting and/or angioplasty has shown promising outcomes, but diagnosing ICAS‐LVO during MT can be challenging [2, 3]. Most neurointerventionalists (91%) diagnose ICAS‐LVO after a continued or recurrent occlusion or by the presence of fixed focal stenosis (FFS) after multiple MT attempts.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:An optimal strategy for the treatment of intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) has remained unclear, despite medical therapy (antiplatelet therapy and LDL control management) or endovascular therapy (angioplasty or stenting). 41.40) vs. MT: 9.15% (2.69-25.78), 25.78), P<0.0001 Mann-Whitney test).

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Dr. Anish Koka

JULY 23, 2023

Dormu performed an aortogram of the bilateral lower extremity with bilateral iliac runoff, which revealed a 90% stenosis of the right superficial femoral artery and 100% occlusion of all three tibial vessels. These studies revealed an 80% stenosis of the left superficial femoral artery and 100% occlusion of all three tibial vessels.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The left circumflex had 80% proximal stenosis with minimal luminal irregularities in the mid to distal portion. After guidewire crossing, balloon angioplasty was performed, and a drug-eluting stent was deployed. An intravascular ultrasound was also performed, which was negative for vessel dissection.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Options include initial angioplasty and/or stenting of the cervical lesion followed by intracranial thrombectomy versus Dotter navigation of catheters through the cervical lesion to first target the intracranial LVO. The degree of cervical ICA stenosis following thrombectomy improved from 96.5%

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2013

A stent was placed. Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction. Am Heart J (1989) 117 : pp 657-665. de Zwaan C., Wellens H.J.J., Am Heart J (1982) 103 : pp 730-736. Doevendans P.A.,

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Patient underwent emergent mechanical thrombectomy with ADAPT to TICI3 revascularization with future plan for possible angioplasty and stenting of R vertebral stenosis. CT perfusion was without mismatch. Subsequently admitted to neurocritical care unit and treated with dual antiplatelet therapy.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 10, 2023

LAD plaque with 0-25 percent stenosis. Given that the patient has had an abnormal elevated troponin, would suggest a Cardiology evaluation. --The LAD has moderate 40% ostial-proximal LAD stenosis and severe 90% mid LAD stenosis involving first diagonal branch. --The Now, with elevated troponins, Wellens' syndrome is likely.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

61,62) The interventional community defines occlusive LM disease as >50% by FFR, or ≥75% stenosis,(63) but urgent or emergent intervention on lesions not meeting these thresholds is only imperative if it is a thrombotic lesion and the patient has refractory ischemic symptoms (i.e. Widimsky P et al. TIMI 0/1 flow).(61,62) Knotts et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 28, 2018

Characteristic electrocardiographic pattern indicating a critical stenosis high in left anterior descending coronary artery in patients admitted because of impending myocardial infarction. Wellens' original Papers : de Zwaan C, Bär FW, Wellens HJ. Am Heart J. 1982 Apr;103(4 Pt 2):730-6. de Zwaan C et al. Am Heart J. 2000 Mar;139(3):430-6.

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Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

Marked differences can be seen in the prevalence of coronary artery stenosis at autopsy by age and gender. In 30-39 year old women the rate of coronary stenosis at autopsy was 5/1,545 (0.3%) while 60-69 year old men had a prevalence of 12%, almost 40 times higher. The results of this dataset by age and gender follow.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Recent literature has demonstrated that the Resolute Onyx Zotarolimus‐Eluting stent (RO‐ZES) is a technically safe option with low complication rates. Further prospective multicenter studies are needed to corroborate the findings and compare RO‐ZES directly with other stents. in the RO‐ZES group and 35.6% 8.96, p=0.001).ConclusionThe

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Central vein stenosis (CVS) is a common vascular complication in undergoing hemodialysis, especially those with a history of catheterization. The incidence of brachiocephalic vein stenosis was significantly higher than that of subclavian vein stenosis (46.16% vs. 26.92%).

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