Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 4, 2024

To observe the occurrence of related complications after self-expandable metallic (SEM) airway stents implantation with different diameters at different time points, and to provide theoretical basis for the op.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:In stroke patients undergoing EVT, angioplasty and stenting (A&S) has been described as a bailout technique when thrombectomy fails or intracranial stenosis is suspected. The stent-retriever was re-sheathed into the microcatheter before retrieval. Further prospective data is warranted.

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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: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

OBJECTIVECarotid artery stenting for heavily calcified lesions is challenging for interventionists. They had dense calcifications at the lesions, stenosis rates of 95% (near occlusion) and 86% according to the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial criteria, and calcification arcs of 270° and 360°, respectively.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionDrug‐eluting stent (DES) use in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis disease (ICAD) has been described in the literature using different guiding and distal access catheters. Decision was made to deploy a drug eluting stent into the stenosed M1 segment. No tPA was given low NIHSS and resolution of symptoms.

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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. The Tenzing was slowly inserted across the ICAD stenosis in each case under roadmap fluoroscopic guidance. Stenosis location was: 1 ICA, 7 M1, 4 M2, 2 vertebral.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

PR was calculated as the ratio of proximal to distal pressure at the stenosis site, indicating post-stenosis blood flow. Arterial stenosis severity was categorized using the WASIDMethod:50%-69% for moderate and 70%-99% for severe. frequency was significantly higher in severe compared to moderate stenosis (P=0.01).

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionVertebral artery stenting represents a viable option in treating symptomatic vertebral artery atherosclerotic stenosis. We included articles reporting patients > 18 years old with symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenoses due to atherosclerosis treated with stenting (with or without angioplasty).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 21, 2024

This comprehensive literature review focuses on acute stroke related to intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS), with an emphasis on ICAS-large vessel occlusion. Herein, we focus on current management strategies for ICAS-large vessel occlusion discussed, including the use of perfusion imaging, endovascular therapy, and stenting.

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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: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Stenosis of the external carotid artery in such patients can be a source of atheroembolism or hypoperfusion. We describe a case of external carotid stenting with carotid stump coil occlusion.MethodsWe present a case report.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Purpose:Since the balloon protection device became unavailable in Japan three years ago, the DWI-positive rate after carotid artery stenting (CAS) has increased. Symptomatic stenosis (63.9% Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP68-ATMP68, February 1, 2024. vs. 94.7%, p<0.05) was more common in the with-POWER group.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Advancements in arterial stenting technology have challenged prior notions favoring medical management over endovascular intervention for intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD). Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP202-ATP202, February 1, 2024.

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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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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Persistent hypotension after carotid artery stenting (CAS) can lead to adverse outcomes, prolong length of stay (LOS), and increase hospital costs. A relation between decline of norepinephrine after stenting and persistent hypotension supports the role of catecholamine in BP control.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 21, 2024

Coronary angiography gives a visual impression about the severity of the stenosis. But it need not imply the actual functional significance of the stenosis in terms of flow physiology. If the FFR normalizes after stenting, the restenosis rates at six months is less than 5%. Normal FFR is 1.0 and an FFR below 0.75 in the study.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

DECEMBER 27, 2023

BACKGROUNDCarotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a viable alternative to carotid endarterectomy for managing carotid artery stenosis in high‐risk patients. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Ahead of Print.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 10, 2024

IVUS Measurements Measurements include the measurement of lumen, plaque, calcium, remodeling, stent length and volumetric measurements. In the geometry, the size of the plaque, its relationship to luminal stenosis, arterial remodeling and eccentricity can be evaluated. IVUS can also delineate intramural hematoma and dissection.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionCarotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a viable alternative to carotid endarterectomy for managing carotid artery stenosis in high‐risk patients (1). Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

1 To date, interventional treatment of coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents has been able to establish flow angiographically. 2 “For many years, it was thought that caging of the vessel with stents was the main driver for annual increasing non-plateauing event rates. of the U.S. population. JACC 2020. 5 Saito S, et al.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An abstract is unavailable.

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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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DAIC

JUNE 13, 2024

Aortic stenosis is a common heart problem typically caused by a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve due to excessive calcium deposited on the valve leaflets. Surgical aortic valve replacement with a stented pericardial bioprosthesis: 5-year outcomes. 2 Based on internal document D00437207, Avalus Ultra Design Concept.

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Cardiology Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis, but post-TAVR leaflet thrombus, identified by hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT), poses potential risks like cerebral thromboembolic events. Perivalvular thrombus has also been reported. Specifically, 14.2% had perivalvular thrombus.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In this study, we evaluate the safety and efficacy of TCAR in patients with symptomatic internal carotid artery disease compared with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS).METHODS:A Furthermore, subgroup analyses were performed based on age and degree of stenosis. 1.38]) and mortality (OR, 1.35 [95% CI, 0.87–2.10]).CONCLUSIONS:Although

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DAIC

APRIL 23, 2024

Aortic stenosis is a common heart problem typically caused by a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve due to excessive calcium deposited on the valve leaflets. Surgical aortic valve replacement with a stented pericardial bioprosthesis: 5-year outcomes. 2 Based on internal document D00437207, Avalus Ultra Design Concept.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 21, 2024

Doppler ultrasonography performed a day after the operation showed an increase in systolic blood velocity, with no observed urine output and raising a suspicion of arterial anastomotic stenosis. The transplant renal artery lesion was intervened with a stent.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The patient presented to an outside hospital An 80yo female per triage “patient presents with chest pain, also hurts to breathe” PMH: CAD, s/p stent placement, CHF, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker (placed 1 month earlier), LBBB. This was stented with a 2.25 x 38mm stent, post dilated with a 2.75mm balloon proximally.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We also compared the safety of acute carotid stenting (CAS) in TLs with low ASPECTS.Methods:This prospective multicenter study from 16 centers included patients with anterior circulation TL from 2015-2020. in patients with stenting (18/44) versus no-stenting (25/44).Conclusion:This 3.05; p=0.32), PH2 (OR: 1.14, CI: 0.26-5.02;

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Anaphylaxis leads to plaque rupture or erosion leading to acute myocardial infarction (type II) and acute coronary stent thrombosis (type III). Emergency coronary angiography showed coronary spasm and moderate lumen stenosis in the middle segment of left anterior descending artery (LAD).

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Initially, he underwent stent‐assisted coiling of a high‐riding jugular bulb with no change in symptoms. Catheter venography showed an enlarged right posterior condylar vein (PCV) and right IJ stenosis. A CT venogram revealed left IJ stenosis. Balloon occlusion test (BOT) of the PCV demonstrated improvement in PT.

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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: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

However, CTA head and neck 4 days later demonstrated 90 percent stenosis of the mid left V2 at the C3‐4 level and a 75‐90 percent stenosis of the left mid V2 segment at the C5‐6 level (hard and soft plaque in these areas). He also had moderate stenosis of the right V4 segment.

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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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 29, 2024

His disease included 70% prox LAD, 80% distal LAD, 10% in-stent stenosis in the distal LCX, 70% OM1, 70% OM2, and 60% prox RCA. Triage ECG: It was interpreted as lateral STEMI, and he was sent to the cath lab, where the angiogram showed unchanged CAD from known prior, with no acute culprit. Three troponins were undetectable.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

2 years prior he had an angiogram which showed 90% proximal stenosis of the circumflex. Left main: no obvious stenosis. LAD: severe in-stent restenosis in the mid (80%) and distal (90%) segment and diffuse disease distally. D1: severe (90%) de-novo stenosis in the mid to distal segment. LCX: non-dominant.

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