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 ...

– 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 ...

The most common symptom of arterial disease of the leg is claudication, a cramping pain caused by an inadequate supply of blood to the affected muscle. Claudication often affects the calf muscle and ...

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 ...

Background Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment of choice for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), while balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an alternative for ...

Various studies, mainly from North America, report worse outcomes in ethnic minority populations submitted to revascularization for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Limited nationwide data in ...

Correspondence to Dr Ivan Lylyk, Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Instituto Medico ENERI, Buenos Aires 1426, Argentina; ivan{at}lylyk.com.ar Background There is considerable overlap of ...

Having an elective PCI procedure to clear out blockage in a heart artery? Chances are increasingly strong you’ll be discharged from the hospital or ambulatory surgery center the same day you go in.