If angioplasty has become one of the most sought-after methods of coronary artery disease treatment, it is largely because of the advantages it has on coronary artery bypass surgery. Even the short recovery time that angioplasty boasts of, can be attributed to the fact that it is not as inva...
Angioplasty.This is also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A surgeon threads a deflated balloon attached to a special tube up to your coronary arteries. Once it's there, they inflate the balloon to widen your blocked areas. Most times, it happens in combination with the installati...
Additionally, this mechanical device along with final TIMI-3 flow and final myocardial blush grade > or = 2 was independently associated with reducing recovery time from CHB. In conclusion, the PercuSurge device can prevent procedure-related CHB and shorten the recovery time for CHB in patients ...
Doctors may use stents coated in particular medications that help break down plaque or prevent it from building up in the area. These stents will dissolve over time. While a stent may relieve symptoms, such as chest pain, it is not a cure for other underlying issues, such as atherosclerosis...
CEA is an alternative tocarotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS), a minimally invasive procedure in which a stent is placed in the carotid artery to increase blood flow.3 CAS was introduced in the 1980s and since then, there has been an ongoing reassessment of the appropriateness of CEA by th...
Time delay to treatment and mortality in primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: every minute of delay counts. Circulation 2004;109:1223–5. 6. Christian TF, Behrenbeck T, Gersh BJ, Gibbons RJ. Relation of left ventricular volume and function over one year after acute myocardial ...
In general, bypass surgery is reserved for persons with severe, three-vessel disease or those with complex lesions that involve the left main coronary artery. At the time of bypass surgery, all of the blocked vessels will usually be treated at the same time. ...
TRANSLUMINAL angioplastyHEART beatCORONARY care unitsMYOCARDIAL infarctionBackground: Heart rate variability (HRV) is the fluctuation in the time intervals between adjacent heartbeats. HRV is a measure of neurocardiac function that is produced by dynamic autonomic nervous system (ANS) processes and is a...
In the present study, we showed for the first time that several miRNAs are differentially expressed in the endothelial cells from balloon-injured carotid artery in rat with hindlimb ischemia. Remarkably, the most dramatic differential expression was observed for miR-16, known for its anti-angiogenic...
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a devastating neurologic disease with high mortality and disability. There have been global improvements in survival, which has contributed to the prevalence of patients living with long-term sequelae related to this disease. The focus of active research has...