American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The goal of the DCB-BIF trial was to assess the efficacy of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty of residual side branch stenosis in coronary bifurcation lesions treated with a provisional stenting strategy.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Conclusion Our case demonstrates stenting as a viable alternative strategy with potentiallyfavorable long-term outcome.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

JANUARY 15, 2024

BACKGROUND:We previously reported the use of minimal stent area to predict angiographic in-stent restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation for unprotected left main (LM) disease. mm2for distal LM (area under the curve, 0.57;P=0.15), P=0.15), 8.3 mm2for LAD ostium (area under the curve, 0.62;P=0.02), P=0.02), and 5.7

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:The Resolute Onyx stent has shown promise as an effective treatment for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease (sICAD), with positive clinical outcomes and low procedural complication rates. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP185-ATP185, February 1, 2024.

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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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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

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 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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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: 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 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

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: 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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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: 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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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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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In this hyperacute emergent clinical situation, covered stents have been considered as a primary measure to prevent further serious arterial events. A fabric-based covered graft stents yield poor clinical outcomes. Both CT and angiography revealed no instances of thrombotic occlusion or in-stent restenosis (% diameter stenosis: 5.7

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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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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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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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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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Angiogram: Widely patent RCA and LAD stents. Culprit Lesion: Angiographically indeterminate 50% stenosis in the proximal OM2 was assessed further with instantaneous wave free ratio (iFR) of 0.96, which is normal (see below for description of iFR*). Therefore, no stent was placed. (No He was treated with aspirin and heparin.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An abstract is unavailable.

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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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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

3) Rescue stenting (RS) in these patients has shown promising rates of recanalization and better outcomes in preliminary studies. Therefore, rescue stenting can be considered as a safe and viable option in these patients. 1, 2)These patients are also more likely to experience poor functional outcomes. (3)

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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