I read with great interest the recent article by García et al.(1) It should be noted that one rare, often overlooked and underrecognized, cause of respiratory tract infections and bronchial dilation is Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS). The primary feature of MKS, also known as “tracheobronchopathia malacia”, is congenital tracheal dilation accompanied by dilation of the main bronchi.(2) The dilation...

background: carotid artery stenting is now used as an alternative to surgical endarterectomy. this study was done to assess the feasibility, safety, and immediate and late clinical outcomes in patients undergoing carotid stenting . methods: between july 2008 and december 2009, a total of 40 patients (20 male, mean age: 65 ± 11 years, 19 symptomatic, and 90% high risk for endarterectomy) underwe...