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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. in total, angioplasty and stenting was deemed to be of low value and potentially avoidable nearly one third of the time.

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Durable versus biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents in all-comers

Open Heart

Background Drug-eluting stents (DESs) have become the gold standard of coronary angioplasty since their inception in 2002. vs 57.5%, p=0.010), a greater average number of stents implanted per patient (1.72±0.92 To date, no study has shown the superiority of one type of polymer compared with the other.

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AI model predicts death, complications for patients undergoing angioplasty, stents

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

By inflating a balloon and potentially placing a stent, they can help blood flow more freely from the heart. When a person has one or more blocked arteries, providers may choose to conduct a minimally invasive procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI.

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FDA Approves Abbott's Novel Dissolvable Stent Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease

HCPLive

Abbott's Esprit BTK System was shown to significantly reduce risk of ischemic events in patients with PAD versus angioplasty over 1 year.

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Researchers say around 10% of deaths from coronary stenting, balloon angioplasty are preventable

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Each year more than 500,000 Americans undergo percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI, a minimally invasive procedure to unclog the arteries that feed the heart.

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Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

The most important advantage of laser angioplasty or excimer laser angioplasty, is that you need only a standard guidwire, 0.014 inch standard guide wire, unlike the other atherectomy devices which require a bulkier guidewire. Diagrammatic representation of laser angioplasty or atherectomy. One is in-stent restenosis.

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Resorbable stent vs. angioplasty safety outcomes: 5 study notes

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

A drug-eluting resorbable stent was found to be just as effective in treating infrapopliteal artery disease in patients at risk of limb amputation, according to a study published Oct. 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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