A stent is tubular in shape and usually made of metal or ceramic. It is designed to keep a part of the coronary artery open. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood to the heart ...
No IVUS was performed before stent placement in either group. In the angiography-directed (AG) arm, procedural success was defined as <10% stent diameter stenosis compared with the distal ...
The use of an AI-powered risk assessment tool cut the average length of stay for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization ...
This prospective study revisits DUS criteria for determining the rate of in-stent restenosis. In analyzing a subset of 12 patients (pilot study) who had both completion carotid angiography and DUS ...
Before undergoing angiography, patients were randomly assigned to receive either sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) or paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES), with no restriction on the number of lesions or ...
To ensure the best possible treatment, angiography is the crucial test that helps doctors to determine the necessary steps ...
A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by plaque build-up. In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a ...
Dr. Sacharias von Koch of the Deptartment of Cardiology and Clinical Sciences at Lund University, Skåne University Hospital ...