embolism

Brief Communication

Acute Arterial Lower-Limb Ischemia in COVID-19 Patients: Case Series Report

06/01/2021

We present 5 elderly patients with varying severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2. During hospitalization, each patient experienced acute arterial ischemia of the lower extremity despite anticoagulation therapy,...

We present 5 elderly patients...

06/01/2021

Clinical Images

Cardioembolic Stroke in Patient With Transcatheter Occluded Left Atrial Appendage

12/27/2017

Luigi P. Badano , MD, PhD;

Umberto Cucchini , MD, PhD;

Denisa Muraru , MD, PhD;

A cerebral ischemic event in a patient managed with LAA transcatheter obliteration is illustrated. TEE allowed identification and accurate definition of the LAA device leakage.

A cerebral ischemic event in a...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Propensity-Score Matched Comparison of the Cera PFO Occluder With the Amplatzer PFO Occluder for Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale Without Echocardiographic Guidance

05/15/2017

George C.M. Siontis , MD;

Heinrich P. Mattle , MD;

Andreas Wahl , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Stephan Windecker , MD;

Mirjam Ulmi , MD;

We performed a propensity-score matched comparison of 28 patients undergoing percutaneous PFO closure using the Cera PFO occluder with 28 patients who received the Amplatzer PFO occluder. The main endpoints were procedural complications and...

We performed a propensity-score...

05/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Superior Mesenteric Artery Embolism Treated Successfully With Rheolytic Thrombectomy and Subsequent Papaverine Infusion

10/02/2016

Sundeep Das , MD;

Based on observations from this case report, angiographically guided percutaneous treatment appears to be an effective alternative to open embolectomy in select cases of superior mesenteric artery embolism.

Based on observations from this...

10/02/2016

Vascular Disease Management