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The interventional cardiology landscape is shifting rapidly, led by advanced balloon catheters, bioabsorbable stents, and ...

Healthcare is a dynamic field that's constantly evolving, and allied health professionals consistently step up to meet ...

MRI-guided and XMR catheterization has a significant potential ... the operator better periprocedural imaging to guide device or stent positioning, but offer the ability to immediately measure ...

Drug-eluting stents are widely used to mitigate this issue but often inhibit vascular re-endothelialization, increasing the risk of thrombosis and necessitating the use of anticoagulants.

As South Korea approaches a super-aged society, the incidence of vascular diseases among the elderly population is rising, increasing the importance of therapeutic stents. These tubular medical ...

MRI-guided and XMR catheterization is a safe and useful clinical tool, but requires specialist hardware and a skilled multidisciplinary team. There are clear developments to be made in the field ...

Since becoming a Level 2 destination for heart care 12 months ago, University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center's cardiac catheterization laboratory has deployed over 200 coronary artery stents.

Management consisted of drainage of the upper urinary tract by endoscopic insertion of a JJ catheter. The etiologies were dominated ... Conclusion: The placement of ureteral stents has become a common ...

Major complications (surgical drainage of tamponade, pacemaker implantation, surgery for pulmonary vein occlusion, and late stent removal) occurred in 5 patients (1.3%). Repeat catheterization to ...