The Thrombus-Containing Lesion

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The Thrombus-Containing Lesion Emmanouil S. Brilakis Charanjit S. Rihal Thrombus-containing lesions are frequently encountered during coronary angiography, especially in patients with acute coronary syndromes; these lesions are associated with an…

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Bifurcation Lesions—The Role of Stents

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Bifurcation Lesions—The Role of Stents Antonio Colombo Goran Stankovic Bernhard Reimers The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) is changing the way we treat bifurcation lesions. A few initial considerations are…

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Bifurcation Lesion—The Role of Debulking

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Bifurcation Lesion—The Role of Debulking Jassim Al Suwaidi David R. Holmes Jr. Coronary artery bifurcation lesions are difficult to treat using conventional balloon angioplasty (BA) and are associated with both…

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The Long Lesion

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The Long Lesion Xiaoshun Liu Ivan De Scheerder Since the early days of percutaneous intervention, indications for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) continue to extend. Whereas complex, long, and diffuse lesions…

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Long and Calcified Lesions

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Long and Calcified Lesions David R. Holmes Jr. Long and calcified coronary arterial lesions represent difficult problems for interventional cardiology and result in more difficult procedures with higher complication rates…

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Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery for Promoting Collaterals in Patients with Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease

Sep 23, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery for Promoting Collaterals in Patients with Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease

Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery for Promoting Collaterals in Patients with Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease Jai Pal Singh For patients with severe ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral arterial disease…

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Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Disease

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Percutaneous Approaches to Valvular Disease Alec Vahanian Eric Brochet David Messika-Zeitoun Bernard Iung Until the early 1980s surgery was the only possible treatment for severe valvular lesions, then a new…

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Percutaneous Bypass and Future Applications

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Percutaneous Bypass and Future Applications Alan C. Yeung Joshua Makower Theodore C. Lamson Since Andreas Gruntzig’s pioneering work gave birth to the field of interventional cardiology, great strides have been…

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Myogenesis

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Myogenesis Marc S. Penn Amir Durrani Ischemic heart disease remains the leading cause of congestive heart failure (CHF). The prevalence of CHF has increased dramatically over the preceding decade, with…

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