Objective To identify predictors of stent fracture following rapamycin-eluting stent implantation for symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenosis and to evaluate its clinical impact. Methods A ...

Endovascular treatment for femoropopliteal arterial disease has made revascularization procedures less invasive, but the self-expanding stents used can suffer great wear in arteries with extreme ...

A 56-year-old male patient with a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia, previously untreated. He was admitted to our hospital after he experienced persistent vertigo and intermittent diplopia.

In a new study, researchers show, for the first time, that photoacoustic microscopy can image stents through skin, potentially offering a safer, easier way to monitor these life-saving devices. Each ...

Researchers used photoacoustic microscopy to image stents through skin. They were able to visualize stents with fractures and compression and other clinical scenarios such as overlapped stents or ...

1. Cardiac services department, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital in the Northwestern Region, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK 2. East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, UK Stent fractures ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel stent for treating long coronary lesions met its primary performance goal at 1 year. The 48-mm stent was ...

Stent fracture after carotid angioplasty and stenting is rare. Risk factors include presence of angulation, calcification, and restenosis increasing the risk of stent fracture. Although literature ...

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest. Percutaneous coronary intervention has been a major interventional medical development of our times, being a life-saving procedure in the setting of ...