This case is unique because it documents a rare occurrence of a Type IV stent fracture following percutaneous coronary ...

The mid RCA was stented with a 3.0x12mm Partner stent at 18atm. Post-dilation was done with a 3.0x12mm balloon at 22atm (Figure 5). The final angiogram showed a Type D dissections and TIMI-0 flow ...

The stent, loaded on two wires as described above, was then advanced into position in preparation for deployment, with the distal end of the Runthrough (anchor) wire permitted to prolapse into the ...

Using a JR4 guide catheter, the RCA was demonstrated to be completely occluded proximally just prior to the stent that was recently placed. Although we attempted for a prolonged period of time using ...

Delivering a 2.5 mm × 23 mm or a 2.5 mm × 12 mm stent (arrow, Figure C) failed, despite additional lesion predilation, ... After implantation of proximal and distal RCA stents, ...

Cilostazol taken orally after successful stent implantation of de novo lesions significantly reduced the rate of restenosis ... RCA (%) 33: 36: Reference vessel diameter (mm) 2.71 ± 0.59: ...

ACC 2006: Does the type of implanted stent (drug-eluting vs bare-metal) influence the incidence of late clinical events after discontinuing clopidogrel therapy related to stent thrombosis?

An interventional cardiologist at Wockhardt Hospital claims to have put six stents one after another in the right coronary artery (RCA) of a 62-year-old woman and made a record. However, a ...