Release of Macromolecular Cardiac Troponin I Complex after Successful Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction, Alain Lavoinne, Bruno Cauliez, Hélène Eltchaninoff, Christophe Tron, and Alain Cribier ( Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale and 2 Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Centre Hospitalier Univisitaire et Régional de Rouen, 76031 Rouen cede...

Particles released in the coronary arteries or a carotid artery during interventions such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca) can cause complications such as occlusions of small vessels or capillaries, leading to micro embolisations and increasing the risk of the no-reflow phenomenon. The aim is to develop and implement simulated use testing methods and to analyse mechanism...

Stenosing tenosynovitis, or trigger finger, is an entity seen commonly by hand surgeons. This problem generally is caused by a size mismatch between the flexor tendon and the first annular (A-1) pulley. Conservative management includes splinting, corticosteroid injection, and other adjuvant modalities. Surgical treatment consists of release of the A-1 pulley by open or percutaneous techniques. ...

● Release of CK-MB is common if sought for in up to 25% of cases of percutaneous intervention; most commonly ,5 times the upper limit of normal. ● The causes may include angiographically evident events, such as branch vessel occlusion or embolization, but just as often they may be neither symptomatic or angiographically apparent. ● The likelihood of enzyme release is greater with nonballoon dev...

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level is known to increase in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. In this systematic review, we aimed to discuss the possible association between plasma BNP level and the success rate of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched systematically, using the following key terms: “B-type natriuretic peptide” OR “BN...

The available minoxidil formulations for topical application suffer with major drawback having less contact time with the scalp which requires repeated application. Hence, the present study was aimed to investigate the effect of microemulsions and microemulsion based hydrogel systems (MEHs) for increased percutaneous penetration of minoxidil. Minoxidil microemulsions were developed by following...

background: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (peg) is the standard method for enteral feeding in patients predicted to require long-term enteral nutrition because of dysphagia. the aim of this study was to assess the complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy performed using the pull technique. methods: between january 2011 and december 2011, 74 patients underwent percutaneous endo...

results the search criteria yielded 16 manuscripts on percutaneous adhesiolysis assessing post-surgery syndrome. of these, only 4 randomized trials met inclusion criteria for methodological quality assessment, 3 of them were of high quality; and the fourth manuscript was of low quality. based on these 3 randomized controlled trials, 2 of them with one-day procedure and one with a 3-day procedur...

Percutaneous coronary intervention is the most prevalent method for coronary artery revascularization. Initial interventions using balloon angioplasty had limited efficacy because coronary dissections, arterial recoil, and neointimal formation led to high rates of abrupt vessel closure and clinical restenosis. With the introduction of coronary stents, vascular dissections were stabilized and ar...