Indiatimes

Angioplasty vs. Bypass: Which heart procedure is best for your blockages, age, and overall health

Coronary artery disease, a major global health concern, is effectively managed through angioplasty or bypass surgery. Angioplasty offers a minimally invasive option for single blockages with rapid ...
revespcardiol

Radial Versus Femoral Access for Angioplasty of ST-segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction With Second-generation Drug-eluting Stents

Invasive and pharmacological treatment of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction reduces the rate of ischemic events but not bleeding complications. The objective of this study was to ...
Hindustan Times

Angioplasty vs bypass: Cardiologist explains which one is better based on blockages, age and overall health

Localised tubular or major vessel proximal blockage Patients at surgical risk due to age, frailty or other illnesses such as Parkinson's disease, other serious lung disease, or kidney disease ...
Cochrane

Retrograde distal vascular access versus femoral artery access for below the knee arterial angioplasty

– The choice of vascular access can influence the outcome of below the knee angioplasty. – We identified no trials that compared retrograde distal access with femoral access for below the knee ...
SciELO

Transradial approach for coronary interventions

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and safety of coronary interventions performed through the radial artery. METHODS: We studied 103 patients with ages from 38 to 86 years (57±8.7), 90 (87%) males, ...
jnis.bmj

Application of balloon-expandable stent angioplasty with dIstal support of the stent-retriever (BASIS-Stent) technique for acute intracranial artery atherosclerosis-related ...

Rescue stenting may be needed for intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS)-related large vessel occlusion (LVO). Balloon-expandable (BE) stent implantation often fails due to its stiffness.
Frontiers

Impact of open femoral endarterectomy on treating multilevel iliac and common femoral artery occlusive disease

1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea 2 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of ...
istockphoto

Angioplasty stock videos and footage

A coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to widen blocked or narrowed coronary arteries which are the main blood vessels supplying the heart. The most modern angioplasty procedures also involve ...
Healthline

What to Know About Carotid Angioplasty

Carotid angioplasty and stenting can help open up blocked carotid arteries. It’s often used to help prevent strokes, and your doctor might recommend it if you have a blocked artery. If you’re feeling ...
Frontiers

The efficacy and safety of atherectomy combined with drug-coated balloon angioplasty vs. drug-coated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of lower extremity artery disease: a ...

Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia Background: This study aimed to systematically evaluate ...
IEEE

Robot-assisted catheter insertion using hybrid impedance control

Abstract: Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure wherein a catheter (a thermoplastic hollow wire) is inserted into the femoral artery and guided till it reaches a blockage in the blood vessel.