angioplasty

..Preliminary studies suggest that angioplasty and stenting may reduce the risk of stroke in patients who have severe stenosis of intracranial arteries...

We sought to compare the clinical outcomes between primary angioplasty and stent placement for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis.

To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous angioplasty and stenting in cases of artery stenosis of the transplanted kidney or proximal iliac artery stenosis causing transplant dysfunction and/or increase of the arterial blood pressure.

..might affect neointimal formation, we investigated the effect of simvastatin on the response to experimental angioplasty in LDL receptor-deficient (LDLR-/-) mice, a model of hypercholesterolemia in which changes in plasma lipids are ..

..intravenous and/or intra-arterial thrombolysis, adjuvant revascularization of intracranial artery occlusion by angioplasty vs. stenting remains controversial...

..at least 160 days (the median time to starting UDT monitoring in group 2), there was a sevenfold increase in angioplasty procedures (0.67 vs. 0...

The effectiveness of angioplasty can be assessed by access blood flow (ABF) measurements after the procedure; however, ABF after angioplasty is highly variable...

..We sought to determine the safety and efficacy of stent angioplasty in this high-risk subset for whom the perioperative morbidity and mortality of surgery are elevated.

Medical treatment of symptomatic intracranial stenosis carries a high risk of stroke. This study was done to evaluate the clinical and angiographic outcomes after intracranial angioplasty for this disease.

To improve the patency rate for angioplasty in chronic occlusion of the superficial femoral artery by deploying stents after angioplasty.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety of early percutaneous endovascular carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) after an ischemic stroke...

..efficacy may affect myocardial perfusion and long-term outcome of patients with STEMI treated with primary angioplasty. METHODS: Our study population consisted of 1548 consecutive patients with STEMI treated by primary angioplasty ..

..While endovascular stent placement is the standard of care in most percutaneous coronary and peripheral artery intervention, its role in the salvage of thrombosed and stenotic hemodialysis access remains controversial...

..The rate of recurrent vascular ischaemic events is very high. Angioplasty with or without stent placement is a feasible procedure to dilate the vessel affected...

..We report the occurrence of fatal intracerebral hemorrhage associated with using a combination of antithrombotic agents, including abciximab, in patients undergoing neurointerventional procedures...

To compare the short- and long-term rates of stroke-and/or-death associated with primary angioplasty alone and angioplasty with stent placement using a meta-analysis of published studies...

..Despite recent advances in endovascular techniques and devices, angioplasty continues to be the primary method for treatment of access-related stenoses...

OBJECTIVE: Coronary artery disease is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Angioplasty has been associated with higher rates of restenosis in patients with diabetes...

To evaluate the clinical benefit in wound healing and limb preservation after primary below-the-knee angioplasty guided by an angiosome model of perfusion in diabetic patients with neuroischemic foot ulcers.

..the significance of patient characteristics, clinical indications, and technical details on the risk of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS)...

..and WRF in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent successful primary angioplasty (PA)...

The usual radiologic approach to thrombosed grafts is a combination of thrombectomy and angioplasty of the underlying lesion. However, the primary (unassisted) graft patency after thrombectomy is quite poor...

..This study evaluated the changes in cerebral microcirculation following carotid angioplasty with stenting (CAS) under cerebral protection with filters using ultrafast gradient echo (GRE) perfusion ..

Bovine pericardium was compared to great saphenous vein patch angioplasty regarding the neurologic events after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with or without concomitant cardiac surgery (CS)...

Carotid angioplasty with stent placement (CAS) is an optional treatment for significant carotid stenosis...

..the relationships between anatomic and technical factors and the 30-day risk of stroke or death after carotid angioplasty and stenting in the Endarterectomy versus Stenting in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S)..

..In a patient with a tight basilar stenosis, no angioplasty could be performed because of the inability to cross the stenosis with the guidewire...

..the biological and immunological responses to endothelial cell xenografts and allografts in pigs 4 weeks after angioplasty of the carotid arteries...

Carotid artery angioplasty with or without stent placement has evolved as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy, particularly for those patients in whom carotid endarterectomy is associated with a higher risk of complications...

To evaluate the technical and clinical outcomes of primary subintimal (SA) and endoluminal angioplasty (EA) guided by an angiosome model of revascularization in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) and Wagner grade 1-4 ..

..stenosis of the supra-aortic trunks (subclavian, innominate and common carotid arteries) can be treated by angioplasty/stenting or surgical bypass...

..However, no studies in the United Kingdom have yet examined the variation in the use of important groups of surgical procedures among primary care groups...

..In these patients, angioplasty with stent placement is one reasonable treatment option for preventing massive ischemic stroke...

b>Angioplasty is often used in the management of lower limb ischaemia and can reduce the need for infrainguinal bypass in some patients...

..risk stratification in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary angioplasty and to assess the feasibility of early discharge in low-risk patients...

Because subintimal angioplasty (SA) is a technique that can achieve recanalization of long arterial occlusions, it is considered an alternative to lower limb bypass operations...

..and endothelin (ET)-1 are increased in patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS), and to investigate how treatment with percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) affects these variables during the first month after intervention.

The German Societies of Angiology and Radiology have instituted a prospective registry of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) to limit uncontrolled use of CAS and to collect data about technique and results of CAS outside clinical ..

..suggests that in certain situations and in critically ill infants with complex form of coarctation, stent angioplasty can be used as a life-saving palliative procedure. Further reexpansions can be done when required...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical outcome of subintimal angioplasty (SA) and to assess impact on surgical workload. DESIGN: Retrospective review of a single radiologist's case series...

..Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has been proffered as effective and used in treating individuals with asymptomatic carotid ..

..The objective of this study was an investigation of the safety and efficacy of primary below-knee stent-supported angioplasty (BKSSA) for restoring straight inline arterial flow in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) or lifestyle-..

Restenosis after angioplasty or stenting remains the major limitation of both procedures. A vast array of drug therapies has been used to prevent restenosis, but they have proven to be predominantly unsuccessful...

To identify variables predictive of long-term patency after femoropopliteal angioplasty.

..We studied the relationship between diabetes and survival after revascularization in a large prospective cohort of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease...

..complication rates, and procedural times for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and conventional (x-ray) fluoroscopy-guided PTA for treatment of renal artery stenosis are similar...

..IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist, prevents ischemic complications during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and was recently shown to open occluded vessels in patients with acute myocardial infarction when used alone or ..

..We previously reported that in patients in the Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients with Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) trial, the rate of any stroke or death within 30 ..

Carotid endarterectomy with patch angioplasty is a durable procedure for prevention of recurrent neurological symptoms and stroke...

Carotid angioplasty and stenting is potentially an alternative to carotid endarterectomy in carotid stenosis, but it remains unclear whether it confers significant advantages over carotid endarterectomy...

Carotid angioplasty with or without stent placement (CAS) has been proposed as an alternative method to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for treatment of carotid stenosis...

..This study evaluates the outcomes of percutaneous endoluminal therapy for symptomatic restenosis (>50% on angiography) after renal intervention...

..To evaluate the performance of a prototype membrane stent, MembraX, in the prevention of acute and late embolization and to quantify particle embolization during carotid stent placement in human carotid explants in a proof of concept study...

..disease will increase the number of patients who require treatment for recurrent carotid stenosis after angioplasty and stent placement. The optimal management of these patients has not yet been defined...

..The aim of this study is to explore the potential value of l-CaD for use as a cytostatic agent to inhibit neointimal formation after angioplasty by suppressing vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth and migration.

..In case of superiority of the interventions, a noninferiority end-point will be tested between carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy. This trial is registered at Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN 78592017...

..Selective use of PCAS to treat carotid artery stenosis in those at highest risk for surgical complications is appropriate until the randomized trials of CEA vs PCAS provide concurrent short- and long-term outcome data...

..Mortality results are encouraging in this specific cohort of high-surgical risk patients. A new kind of morbidity is observed, related to endoleaks, whose necessary management could hinder the durability of the technique...

..This study reviews an experience with stent grafts to treat patients with AAA and atheromatous embolization syndrome (AES) presenting with chronic distal embolization (CDE)...

..This prospective study was designed to assess the technical success and outcome after patients with thoracic aortic pathology at high risk for conventional therapy were treated with the Zenith TX1 and TX2 endovascular graft...

..Site-specific factors appear to be an important variable leading to successful endograft repair, as defined by post-endograft aneurysm shrinkage...

..With carotid artery stenting (CAS) becoming an ever-increasing procedure, we sought to determine risk factors for in-stent restenosis after CAS...

..To describe a 7-year experience with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair using fenestrated Zenith endovascular endografts...

..Carotid artery stenting has recently been recommended as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy by some clinicians...

..However, it is crucial that the infection is treated adequately prior to stent-graft placement...

..To evaluate suitability of the endovascular technique and the clinical results of this treatment, we analyzed a prospective cohort of consecutive popliteal aneurysms referred to a tertiary university vascular center...

....

....

..CT scanning does not delay treatment...

..The study aims to establish the incidence in which bare stent struts cross the renal ostia and to assess any associated effects on renal function...

..CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular repair for thoracic aortic arch aneurysms is feasible. However, our experience suggests stent-grafting is not free of risk, and long-term and larger follow-up is required...

..Designs to improve stent durability and EVR applicability do not appear to compromise renal function...

..To explore the effects of stent-graft on treating descending and abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysms...

..To describe our experience of endovascular repair of para-anastomotic aortic aneurysm...

..Those associated with increase in aneurysm size should undergo interventional treatment. Conservative management of type I endoleaks may be undertaken in extreme isolated cases...

..7+/-13.4 mm (80 to 130 mm); L2: 40.0+/-10.1 mm (20 to 61 mm); L3: 39.7+/-9.6 mm (20 to 60 mm). CONCLUSION: The results indicate the necessity of exercising adequate care when selecting a device for Japanese patients...

..Further study will be needed to determine the exact utility of endovascular therapy for aortic rupture: final treatment or bridge to conventional open-chest repair when the patient's condition has stabilized...

..Thus, aortic neck dilatation beyond oversizing, aortic neck shortening, and loss of proximal fixation length are more clinically relevant predictors of proximal stent graft failure than simple migration distance...

..The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of aortoiliac stenting (AIS) to those of aortobifemoral grafting (ABF) for patients with TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASCII) C and D aortoiliac occlusive disease...

OBJECTIVE: Iliac artery angioplasty (IAA) is an effective adjunct when combined with infrainguinal arterial reconstructions (IARs) in appropriate patients with multilevel occlusive disease...

..Subclavian artery revascularization is safe and effective, but long-term outcomes are determined by the presenting symptomatology...

..Breaching the proximal neck length criterion resulted in a 4-fold increase in endoleak, and combined deviations from the guidelines multiplied the effect. Necks < or = 10 mm long are unsuitable for the standard Zenith graft...

..AV grafts are in general least preferred; however, there is very limited data comparing directly the last two modalities. The aim of the present study is to compare outcomes of the TBB fistula and the Vectra Vascular Access Graft...

....

..Short- and long-term outcomes are definitely comparable to those with open surgical repair procedures...

..In patients where there is difficulty in achieving coil embolization, it is recommended that EVAR should proceed, as clinical sequelae are unlikely...

..Two patients are still alive with nearly complete regression of the aneurysms. We conclude that treatment of mycotic aortic aneurysms with stent-grafts may be an alternative in selected patients...

....

BACKGROUND: Carotid artery angioplasty and stenting has become a viable alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA), especially for patients considered at high risk for post-operative complications...

..We report a case of a 70-year-old male status post angioplasty and stenting of bilateral iliac arteries for occlusive disease who subsequently underwent EVAR for a rapidly ..

..The irruption of this new form of treating patients has had, is having, and will have a clear impact on the multidisciplinary approach to numerous diseases...

..This report describes the particular characteristics of a next generation modular endograft and the Phase I results in 29 patients. Larger comparative studies are in progress to assess the safety and efficacy of this new design...

..The device was effective in preventing aneurysm rupture in 99.5% of patients over a 3-year period. The overall patient survival rate was 93% at 1 year and 86% at 3 years...

..232). We conclude that the treatment of AAA by EVAR in patients with CIAs 18-24 mm appears to be safe and effective, however, it may be associated with more frequent reinterventions...

....

..Candidates who are found to have significant coronary disease then undergo preemptive angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting to prevent posttransplant MACE...

..Moreover, approximately 1.5 million procedures for the heart (angioplasty and heart surgeries) are performed in the U.S. annually...

..In just 25 years, the practice of PCI has evolved from balloon angioplasty-to directional and rotational coronary atherectomy-to bare-metal stents-to new interventional devices including ..

..utilize either thrombolytic therapy with plasminogen activators (PAs) or direct vascular reperfusion with angioplasty or other surgical techniques...

..hyperplasia (IH) which occurs frequently following all forms of vascular reconstruction, including stenting, angioplasty, endarterectomy and vein grafts...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) are each used to treat approximately 400,000 coronary artery disease patients annually in the United States...

..g., vein grafts, synthetic vascular grafts, stents, and balloon angioplasty)...

..cells in the arterial intima is a major component of atherosclerosis and is a significant limiting factor in angioplasty, vascular bypass surgery and organ transplantation...

..essence in diagnosing and treating heart attacks, and although there are effective treatments such as primary angioplasty, fibrionolysis, and anti-thrombotic therapy - those treatments cannot be initiated until a heart attack is ..

..functions may be perturbed in hypertension, in pathological intimal hyperplasia as after bypass surgery or angioplasty, or in heart failure...

..functions may be perturbed in hypertension, in pathological intimal hyperplasia as after bypass surgery or angioplasty, or in heart failure...

..Abstract): The development of vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, arterial restenosis following angioplasty, and solid organ transplant vascular sclerosis are chronic inflammatory disease processes that involve multiple ..

..rate, complication rate, and procedure time for MRI-guided and x-ray guided percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA) of renal artery stenosis are similar; and 3) Successful MRI-guided PTA of renal artery stenosis improves ..

..Also, the expression of these channels in endothelia has been shown to be compromised following balloon angioplasty. Finally, these channels are known to be critical to EDHF-mediated vasodilation, which is compromised in a host ..

Stent angioplasty over the last decade has made a major impact on improved therapeutic outcomes for coronary disease...

..Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA/stenting) also results in disruption of vessel integrity at the location of an atherosclerotic plaque and ..

Stent angioplasty over the last decade has made a major impact on improved therapeutic outcomes for coronary disease...

..apoE gene polymorphism also impact on the potential for restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a process in which cholesterol deposition is a late event, we hypothesize that apoE may also confer protection ..