Hemostasis is a normal process preventing the sequelae of uncontrolled hemorrhage. In certain settings, these same processes cause adverse clinical events due to thrombotic occlusion of a vessel. The majority of unstable coronary syndromes result from disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque, leading to the exposure of subintimal contents, which triggers coagulation and the formation of a platel...

Internal iliac artery stenosis or occlusion has been documented to cause hip pain, erectile dysfunction, and buttock claudication. Endovascular repair for patients with significant stenosis has been well documented, but chronic total occlusion revascularizations have not been reported in the literature. The reluctance to attempt percutaneous intervention may be in part due to the extensive coll...

Patients with major cerebral artery occlusion represent the most severe cases of ischemic stroke, for whom prompt recanalization would offer an alternative to a very unfavorable outcome. We have previously demonstrated that hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign, which indicates proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion, disappears after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in approximately half of c...

Though angioplasty is an established technique for the management of coronary artery disease, there is still controversy about whether it needs on site surgical cover. The aims of angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery in the management of coronary disease are similar, namely to relieve symptoms and in certain groups to improve prognosis, at the lowest risk and morbidity. Because the de...

We report a case in which the Amplatzer device for percutaneous occlusion of ductus arteriosus was successfully used for occluding a large systemic-pulmonary collateral vessel in a patient who had previously undergone surgery for correction of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect (Rastelli technique), and was awaiting the change of a cardiac tube. In the first attempt, the device emb...

We report a case of combined central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal artery occlusion. A previously healthy 47-year-old male presented with decreased vision in the right eye after completing a half marathon. A fundus exam and retinal imaging revealed a combined central retinal vein and branch retinal artery occlusion. In the present report, we review the literature and discuss the pos...

Objective: Intracranial atherosclerosis disease (ICAD) is one of the most common causes acute ischemic stroke. In endovascular treatment (EVT) for large vessel occlusion stroke-related ICAD, reocclusion recanalized artery due to in situ thrombosis problematic. this study, safety and efficacy prasugrel administration avoid emergent EVT ICAD was investigated.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether isometric exercise increases collateral flow in remote ischaemic myocardium in acute coronary occlusion models of patients with coronary artery disease. DESIGN A randomized controlled study. SUBJECTS Sixty-five patients with 1-vessel coronary artery disease. METHODS Subjects were randomly assigned to either the isometric exercise group or non-exercise group....

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recanalization may not result in better clinical outcomes after ischemic stroke. We determined the incidence and significant predictors of CMR, defined as CT angiographic recanalization and a good clinical outcome, after IV-rtPA in acute ischemic stroke. A CMR score was devised and tested. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred twenty-six consecutive patients with anterior c...