occlusion

Clinical Images

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

01/29/2018

Kajetan Grodecki , MS;

Piotr Scislo , MD, PhD;

Krzysztof J. Filipiak , MD, PhD;

Zenon Huczek , MD, PhD;

Maksymilian P. Opolski , PhD, MD;

Janusz Kochman , MD, PhD;

Grzegorz Opolski , MD, PhD;

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 R. Heuser , MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI;

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, PhD;

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

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

Clinical Editor's Corner

Covered Stents for Mesenteric Ischemia

10/03/2015

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

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