Contralateral injection has been described as a useful tool in the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) to evaluate the distal segments of the occluded artery [1, 2]. This case shows that contralateral injections are feasible through just one puncture using a 6 Fr sheath, a long guidewire of 0.014” and a 5 Fr diagnosis catheter in parallel. We present a 64-year-old man with severe perip...

Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is a novel method based on pulsatile ultrasonic pressure waves specifically aimed to modify circumferential and transmural calcium plaques. We report the successful application of shockwave IVL catheter® in child with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due calcified thrombi both lower lobes. Compared conventional high-pressure balloon angioplasty, sign...

Previous work has shown that the tendency to positively perceive a romantic partner’s physical attractiveness (i.e., the love-is-blind bias) is associated with positive self and relationship outcomes. Here, we examined possible associations between the love-is-blind bias and a negative relational outcome, namely the experience of jealousy. A total of 217 participants provided ratings of the ove...

The present case report describes a rare finding of dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve which originated from the junction of upper fourth and lower three fourth of the forearm, passed between the two heads of flexor carpi ulnaris and then descended along the medial border of the extensor surface forearm in the superficial fascia. On the dorsal aspect of the wrist, it divided into two branches, a ...

our aim was to report techniques and our experience in one-stage angioplasty and stenting of ostium of left common carotid and left internal carotid arteries in an octogenarian man with transient ischemic attack, who was completely recovered from neurologic insults short time after the procedure. an 81-year-old man presented with a transient ischemic attack. neurologic examination showed left s...

Side-branch wire (SBW) entrapment has been reported with increasing frequency recently. We report early recognition of SBW entrapment in a 60-year-old woman.