Stenting

Interview

An International Trial of Carotid Surgery Compared to Stenting: Interview With Jonathan D. Beard, MD

01/26/2016

Jonathan D. Beard, MD, was a co-applicant, participating physician and member of the Steering Committee of the International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS). At the 2015 VEITH Symposium in New York, Vascular Disease Management spoke with Dr....

Jonathan D. Beard, MD, was a...

01/26/2016

Vascular Disease Management

Original Research

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

12/30/2015

Anna Kurayev , MD;

Pawan Hari , MD;

Susanna Zavlunova , MD;

Anvar Babaev , MD, PhD;

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

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

12/30/2015

Craig M. Walker , MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP;

Amjad AlMahameed , MD, MPH, RPVI;

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

Review

Use of Covered Stents to Treat Occlusive Mesenteric Artery Disease

10/03/2015

Leonardo Reis de Souza , MD;

Ying Huang , MD;

Gustavo S. Oderich , MD;

Peter Banga , MD;

This review describes the use of covered stents in endovascular treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia, including indications, techniques, and results.

This review describes the use of...

10/03/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Review

Current Status and Limitations in the Treatment of Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis

08/29/2015

Osamu Iida, MD

Kansai Rosai Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Amagasaki City, Japan

Osamu Iida, MD Kansai Rosai Hospi...

Although endovascular therapy of femoropopliteal lesions with nitinol bare metal stents improves the relatively low primary patency rates achieved with balloon angioplasty, up to 37% of BMS-treated femoropopliteal lesions develop in-stent...

Although endovascular therapy of...

08/29/2015

Vascular Disease Management

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 , MBChB, MD;

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

Original Contribution

Stent and Non-Stent Based Outcomes of Infrainguinal Peripheral Artery Interventions From the Multicenter XLPAD Registry

01/09/2015

Tayo Addo , MD;

Atif Mohammad , MD;

Karan Sarode , MS, MA;

Andrew J.P. Klein , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Mirza S. Baig , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Osvaldo S. Gigliotti , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Mazin I. Foteh , MD;

Mazen S. Abu-Fadel , MD;

Shirling Tsai , MD;

Michael Luna , MD;

Gene Pershwitz , MD;

Anand Prasad , MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI;

Bertis B. Little , PhD;

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Ediberto Soto-Cora , MD;

Gerardo Ralph , MD;

We analyzed data from the ongoing multicenter XLPAD registry to report on the use of non-stent (atherectomy ± balloon angioplasty) and stent-based treatment of superficial femoral ar-tery (SFA), popliteal, and below-the-knee (BTK) vessels in...

We analyzed data from the...

01/09/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Angiographic Profile and Endovascular Interventions in Takayasu`s Arteritis

01/09/2015

Ajit Pal Singh , MD, DM;

Srinivas Budanur Chikkaswamy , MD, DM;

Soumya Patra , MD;

Madhav Hegde , MD;

K. S. Ravindranath , MD, DM;

Mahimarangaiha Jayaranganath , MD, DM;

Cholanahalli Nanjappa Manjunath , MD, DM;

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a rare inflammatory, granulomatous vasculitis primarily involving the aorta and its major branches. This study analyzes and describes the clinical features, angiographic profile, and endovascular interventions in...

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a...

01/09/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Should I do a femoral angiogram prior to my closure device in everyone?

11/05/2014

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Given what we now understand about closure devices and femoral angiography, I found it strange that this question would come up, but I put it out to my colleagues on the “Cath List” to see what the conversation might be.

Given what we now understand...

11/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Pediatric Patient With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

10/27/2014

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Sata Kumiko , MD;

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an immunologically-mediated phenomenon that occurs in up to 50% of patients surviving to 10 years post orthotopic heart transplant. While the pediatric subgroup of OHT recipients has a lower overall...

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology