drug-eluting balloons

Case Report

Embolism of a Fully Expanded Right Coronary Ostium Stent to the Right Brachial Artery During Radial-Access Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

03/27/2015

Shabnam Rashid, BSc, MBChB; Chris Bishwanauth Sawh, MBBS; Dwayne Gavin Conway, MB ChB, MD

Leeds Teaching Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire; Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire; and Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Shabnam Rashid, BSc, MBChB; Chris Bis...

The authors report the case of a 56-year-old male who had embolism of a fully deployed stent from the right coronary ostium to his brachial artery during percutaneous coronary intervention.

The authors report the case of a...

03/27/2015

Vascular Disease Management

News

An Update on the Status of Critical Limb Ischemia

12/03/2014

The last few years have seen advancement in the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of critical limb ischemia. In this editorial, Dr. Walker highlights some of the more important changes.

The last few years have seen...

12/03/2014

Vascular Disease Management

Case Series

Endovascular Management of Drug-Eluting Balloons in the Lower Limbs

11/27/2013

Caroline Clezar, MD¹; Fabrizzio Souza, MD¹; Nicolle Cassola, MD¹; Carolina Benze, MD¹; André Milani, MD¹; Felipe Nasser, PhD²; Breno Affonso, PhD²; Jorge Amorim, PhD¹; Fausto Miranda, Jr., PhD¹

¹Vascular Surgery Division, Department Of Surgery, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal Universivity of Sao Paulo, Brazil; ²Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon from Interventional Vascular Radiology Department, Israelite Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Caroline Clezar, MD1; Fabrizzio Souza...

New drug-eluting balloon technologies offer the hope of significant reductions of such problems, enhancing the results of angioplasty while, at the same time, providing the opportunity for avoidance of a permanent metal stent implant.

New drug-eluting balloon...

11/27/2013

Vascular Disease Management