Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis in high-risk patients. There has been an ongoing debate regarding which ...

BACKGROUND: The optimal coronary stenting technique for true left main bifurcation lesions is uncertain. EBC MAIN (European ...

Sixty-nine patients had ICA stenting and 14 had CCA stents (these were CCA bifurcated stents). Sixty-three percent were done for ≥ 70% asymptomatic carotid stenosis and 37% for strokes/transient ...

Background The frequent occurrence of calcification in intracranial artery stenosis increases the risk of ischemic stroke. In previous cases, we have observed a possible relationship between ...

Tandem lesions were defined as high grade stenosis (70–99%) or occlusion of the c-ICA with ipsilateral occlusion of the distal ICA and/or middle cerebral artery. Only studies published between 2000 ...

February is American Heart Month. Sister Bay’s David Lienau wasn’t even aware that his heart health was in jeopardy. But ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequent in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS). Pressure overload leads to marked structural and electrical remodelling of left atrium. The frequency of ...

4 Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands Correspondence to Professor Dr J W Jukema, Department of Cardiology C5-P, Leiden ...

It involves a stent, a spring-like stainless steel device, smaller than a paper clip, being used to hold open a blocked artery. For many people, stenting offers a safe and virtually painless ...

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Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinicopathological condition where the left common iliac vein is compressed by the overlying right common iliac artery, potentially leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

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