BACKGROUND A major debate in cerebrovascular medicine today is over the choice of the best treatment to implement for stenosis of the carotid artery. Carotid artery stenting is a less invasive technique than endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid stenosis, and is becoming more widely performed, particularly on patients with carotid artery stenosis who present also with comorbidities. To ad...

PURPOSE We were going to access the effect of catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy (CDT) on post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) and the long term effects of iliac vein stenting in acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (IFDVT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six limbs in fifty-one patients (46 unilateral, 5 bilateral) were included from November 2001 through December 2007. Patients were classified ...

Methods: We divided our patients (35 EESs) into three groups: patients with stenting for non-CTO lesions (non-CTO group), patients with subintimal stenting (CTO subintima group) and with intra true-lumen stenting for CTO lesions (CTO true lumen group). We compared OCT parameters included the percentage of neointimal hyperplasia area obstruction (%NHAO), mean neointimal hyperplasia (NIH) thickne...

AIMS This study examined the six-month angiographic results of direct coronary stenting, and compared the nine-month safety, efficacy and cost of this strategy versus stenting after balloon predilatation. METHODS In phase I of VELVET, 122 patients (mean age = 62.3 +/- 10.1 years, 77% male, 11% with diabetes) with angina pectoris or myocardial ischemia resulting from a single de novo 51% to 95...

PURPOSE The occurrence of benign bile duct stenoses is mostly associated with prior biliary surgery, pancreatic diseases or sclerosing cholangitis. It remains a challenging problem for gastroenterologists and surgeons, especially in case the endoscopic approach is not possible. The exact role of percutaneous transhepatic stenting for these patients has not been clearly defined yet. MATERIAL A...

OBJECTIVE To compare early complication rates in unselected cases of coronary artery stenting in patients with stable v unstable angina. SETTING Tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS 390 patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) and 306 with unstable angina (UAP). Patients treated for acute myocardial infarction (primary angioplasty) or cardiogenic shock were excluded. INTERVENTIONS 268 cor...

UNLABELLED We used gated SPECT to evaluate the impact of abciximab on the efficacy of myocardial reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing infarct-related artery stenting. METHODS The Abciximab and Carbostent Evaluation (ACE) trial randomized 400 infarct patients to stenting alone or stenting plus abciximab. One-month (99m)Tc-sestamibi gated SPECT was planned in a su...

BACKGROUND Despite significant improvements in stent platform, currently available bare-metal stents (BMS) are still associated with restenosis. Thin-strut design cobalt-chromium alloys hold the promise of improving results of BMS, especially when implanted with direct technique. We performed an observational study to appraise outcomes of the novel Skylor™ stent, stratifying outcomes according ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of coronary stenting in acute myocardial infarction. DESIGN Prospective observational study. PATIENTS 80 patients undergoing direct balloon angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction who had coronary Palmaz-Schatz stents implanted during a 3 year study period. Indications for stenting were abrupt reocclusion, large dissection with threatened reocclu...

The purpose of this publication is to update knowledge about esophageal stenting in incurable cancer patients suffering from dysphagia. As well as highlighting the experience using self-expanding stents on basis endoscopic department Omsk Clinical Oncological Dispensary. Stenting with self-healing plastic for malignant neoplasms esophagus, cardiac stomach refers modern minimally invasive method...