Coarctation and balloons: inflated or realistic?

Coarctation and balloons: inflated or realistic?

The use of catheters to dilate vascular obstructions began as early as 1964. In their classic article, Dotter and Judkins (1) described transluminal dilation of arteriosclerotic obstruction. It wasn’t until 10 years later that the use of balloontipped catheters in coronary artery dilations was reported by Gruentzig and Hopff (2) and later applied by Gruentzig and his colleagues (3). Since these...

Magma balloons or bombs?

To the Editor — Detailed analysis of volcanic materials1 allows the study of eruptions that have not been witnessed directly. Rotella et al.2 undertake the challenge of interpreting submarine volcaniclastic deposits around Macauley Volcano, part of the Kermadec Arc in the southwest Pacific Ocean. They propose a ‘Tangaroan’ eruption style, based on the textural characteristics of dredged pumice ...

Recent Increase in Autism and ADHD: True or Inflated?

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased markedly over the past 40 yr (1). It was reported to be 4-10/10,000 by the early 1990s, but increased to 20-116/10,000 after the year 2000, and was even up to 1/88 in recent studies (1, 2). The p...

Pills, balloons or the knife: a review of the trials.

Drug-Eluting Balloons or Stents for Bare-Metal Stent Restenosis.

D rug-eluting stents (DES) represent the gold standard device for percutaneous coronary intervention (1). Nevertheless, bare-metal stents (BMS) are still used in patients at high bleeding risk or if immediate surgery is pending, to allow shorter dual-antiplatelet therapy duration in comparison with DES. Furthermore, economic restraints and limited availability of DES in some regions justify con...