Inoue-Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The introduction of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) by Inoue et al1 in 1982 has opened a new dimension in the treatment of patients with mitral…

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Intervention in Venous and Arterial Grafts

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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT Print Section Listen The surgeon’s use of saphenous veins and a variety of arterial conduits to bypass obstructive coronary atherosclerotic disease preceded percutaneous revascularization by about a decade….

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Special Patient Subset: Diabetes Mellitus

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PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS Print Section Listen Diabetes mellitus affects a significant portion of the population; 1 in 10 adults in the United States has diabetes, with 90% to 95%…

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Special Stents: Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffolds

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Despite innovations in stent design, including reduction in strut thickness, novel antiproliferative agents, and more recently, the development of bioresorbable polymers, permanent metallic stents remain a…

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Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Several major leaps in technology and immense research and development have led to the current wide use of drug-eluting stents (DES). Stents were initially developed to…

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Cardiac Anatomy for the Interventionalist

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This chapter on cardiac anatomy takes a practical approach for operators who are going to perform various procedures associated with structural heart disease. Rather than assume…

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