Coronary stents are now the most widely used revascularization treatment for coronary heart disease. Their performance has been greatly enhanced through various developments in the stent platform, materials, and deployment technique. Perhaps the most significant of these developments has been the ...
Coronary heart disease, a major killer in Northern Ireland, is caused by narrowing within the heart's arteries. Progressive narrowing and blockage of the vessels can lead to angina, heart attacks and death. Until some years ago the only treatment was to bypass these arteries with new veins...
CORONARY heart diseaseTreatmentFocuses on benefits of using stents in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for unblocking clogged arteries in coronary heart disease patients. Process by which stents are used by surgeons in P...
Coronary heart disease is a challenging socio-epidemiological problem in developed countries. In the United States, for example, the total prevalence of coronary heart disease in adults is 7.0%, with an annual incidence of myocardial infarction of 610,000 new attacks and 325,000 recurrent attacks....
Stentsare small, expandable tubes that treat narrowedarteriesin your body. In people with coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque, they can: Open narrowed arteries Reduce symptoms, likechest pain Help treat aheart attack These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal...
Guestover a year ago Anyone who has had ctents placed in their coronary arteries, have you experienced any pain or discomfort in the chest after the procedures? Remove Ads Guestover a year ago yes, I had two stents placed in RCA and have had pain in chest and left arm every day since...
Keywords:Coronary artery bypass grafting; stents; SYNTAX; FREEDOM; heart team Submitted Jul 05, 2013. Accepted for publication Jul 25, 2013. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2013.07.20 Video 1Stents or surgery in coronary artery disease in 2013. ...
1. The background of the use of coronary stentsCardiovascular disease is one of the "three killers" that threaten human health, and countless people have died of myocardial infarction. For s...
In the USA, approximately 40,000 newborns are diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) annually, with about 1 in 4 of those having critical congenital heart disease requiring surgical or transcatheter intervention in the first year of life. Transcatheter interventions have become the first choice...
Status of the coronary arteries at necropsy in diabetes mellitus with onset after age 30 years. Analysis of 229 diabetic patients with and without clinical evidence of coronary heart disease and comparison to 183 control subjects. (1980) Y Rozenman et al. Long-term angiographic follow-up of cor...