occlusion

Clinical Images

Thromboembolic Occlusion of the Left Coronary Artery During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

01/29/2018

Kajetan Grodecki; Zenon Huczek, MD, PhD; Piotr Scislo, MD, PhD; Janusz Kochman, MD, PhD; Krzysztof J. Filipiak, MD, PhD; Grzegorz Opolski, MD, PhD

Kajetan Grodecki; Zenon Huczek, MD, ...

Non-cerebral thromboembolic complications of TAVI are rare, but life threatening. We report a 62-year-old woman with aortic stenosis who qualified for TAVI due to obesity and developed hypotension and bradycardia as a result of thromboembolic...

Non-cerebral thromboembolic...

01/29/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Impotence and Heart Disease: A Case Report

05/05/2017

Richard Heuser, MD

St. Luke’s Medical Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, Arizona

Richard Heuser, MD St. Luke’s Med...

We present a case of a patient with impotence and internal iliac artery stenosis.

We present a case of a patient...

05/05/2017

Vascular Disease Management

Clinical Review

The Biology of In-Stent Restenosis and the Rationale for Debulking

08/30/2016

Jos C. van den Berg, MD

Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland

Jos C. van den Berg, MD Ospedale Reg...

This article provides a description of the biology of in-stent restenosis as well as an overview of the literature on the treatment of in-stent restenosis using various available techniques and the role of debulking.

This article provides a...

08/30/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Role of Nitinol Stent Fractures in the Development of In-Stent Restenosis in the Superficial Femoral Artery

12/30/2015

Anvar Babaev, MD, PhD; Pawan Hari, MD; Susanna Zavlunova, MD; Anna Kurayev, MD

New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York

Anvar Babaev, MD, PhD; Pawan Hari, MD...

Stent fractures in the SFA play a modest role in the development of in-stent restenosis. In this study, a majority of patients with in-stent restenosis did not have stent fracture.

Stent fractures in the SFA play...

12/30/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Demystifying Stent Fractures: One Step Closer to Decoding the In-Stent Restenosis Conundrum

12/30/2015

Amjad AlMahameed, MD, MPH; Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Amjad AlMahameed, MD, MPH; Craig Walk...

Despite new technologies and research, stent fracture continues to be a challenge faced by vascular specialists.

Despite new technologies and...

12/30/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Covered Stents for Mesenteric Ischemia

10/03/2015

The incidence of chronic mesenteric ischemia may be much higher than is traditionally reported. Optimizing interventional outcomes will be multifactorial.

The incidence of chronic...

10/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management