We report here on a case of ascending aortic dissection combined with anterior myocardial infarction that was caused by a retrograde dissection into the left main coronary trunk and proximal left anterior descending artery. We successfully treated this with stenting of the left main coronary artery and proximal left anterior descending artery, and this allowed for the definitive surgical correc...

INTRODUCTION Mechanical revascularization by percutaneous coronary interventions has now become an established and preferable method of revascularization in patients with acute coronary syndromes. The aim of the study was to identify the clinical indications for percutaneous coronary interventions and in-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in a tertiary-level hospital witho...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous balloon angioplasty has become a well-established and routine procedure for coronary revascularization of haemodialysis patients with coronary artery disease. However, the incidence of restenosis after balloon angioplasty is significantly higher in haemodialysis patients than in the general population. We performed a retrospective study comparing balloon angioplasty with...

t has been five years since our last editorial in the Journal egarding the role of stenting in the treatment of unproected left main coronary artery disease. In the intervening ime, the landscape of coronary stenting has changed ramatically. In particular, the advent of drug-eluting stents DES) in mid-2003 has pushed the rate of clinical restenosis elow 5% for most lesion types (1,2). The effec...

A clinical case of successful treatment a patient with atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease and clinically significant lesion the coronary carotid arteries. Patients underwent multi-stage surgical treatment. The first stage performed endovascular left internal artery, second — myocardial revascularization, third iliac arteries, fourth rotational atherectomy stenting right superficial femor...

INTRODUCTION Coronary angioplasty with stenting has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. This article describes the history of coronary angioplasty and stenting, reviews the contemporary stents and recommendations and highlights the on-going work and potential future directions. SOURCES OF DATA This review examined the data on coronary stents available in PubMed. AREAS O...

OBJECTIVE Critical stenosis of left main coronary artery (LMCA) has always remained a challenge for interventional cardiologists. Conventionally Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is done for these patients but recently Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is also being tried more frequently, but data of PCI is scarce in this regard. Our objective was to determine the safety and technic...

This report describes a rare asymptomatic case of complete stent fracture, coronary arterial transection, and pseudoaneurysm formation in response to repeated stenting. The proximal and distal ends of transected coronary artery were closed, and distal bypass was performed. Coronary arterial transection can occur in patients with repeated stenting as a long-term adverse event.

OBJECTIVES This study sought to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of elderly patients undergoing coronary artery stenting with those of younger patients and to determine the long-term clinical outcome and survival of elderly patients post stent implantation. BACKGROUND Elderly patients undergoing coronary revascularization are considered a high-risk group. Few data exist that relate t...

Intravascular stents are tubular structures placed into stenotic artery to expand the inside passage and improve blood flow. The mechanical factors affect the restenosis after stenting and image-based simulation has become a popular tool for acquiring information. The aim of this study was to demonstrate quantitatively and qualitatively the hemodynamic changes in coronary artery after stent imp...