Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Restenosis after carotid artery stenting (CAS) is associated with the risk of developing ischemic stroke. We aimed to evaluate the inhibitory effect of cilostazol addition on in-stent restenosis (ISR) ...

salk.at Introduction Despite various measures to protect against distal embolization during carotid artery stenting (CAS), periprocedural ischemic lesions are still encountered. Objective To evaluate ...

Opening a blocked artery with balloons and stents can be lifesaving but as Gujarat deaths show, cases of misuse are also rising Opening a blocked artery with balloons and stents can be lifesaving ...

ohsu.edu Background Due to anatomic features, including wide necks and incorporation of important branches, endovascular coiling of middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms has proved challenging. Stent ...

Then, a deflated balloon attached to the catheter is inflated to open up the narrowed artery wall. A stent—an expandable mesh tube-shaped device—is placed, if needed, and left behind as a "scaffold" ...

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