The operative procedures of the six patients treated are summarized in Table 1. Five patients had elective surgery, whereas one patient was treated on an emergency basis for acute severe upper ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(9):1275-1282. Finally, we examined our own experience with a 9-year follow-up of primary stenting, which is one of the longest to date. A total of 91 patients were ...

The left and right internal thoracic artery (LITA and RITA, respectively), a branch of the subclavian artery, is often used for reconstruction of coronary arteries. Long-term results of this treatment ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...

Stenting and surgery are equally effective at reducing the risk of stroke in someone with a narrowed carotid artery, Thomas Brott, a physician who is a professor of neurosciences at the Mayo Clinic in ...

A 56 year old female diabetic, hypertensive patient was admitted with the complaints of class II-III angina for the last 1 year. In the past she has always refused coronary angiography, but this time ...

Hi Dr. I know you are not vascular but closest of the experts I could find. I have one question only. Can a stent attempt for the occlusion of subclavian artery, through the brachial artery, cause ...