Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...
Direct stenting should always be considered as ... operators during a 10-year period (2000–2009). Conducted at Cardiac Cath Lab, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen ...
Heavily calcified blockages are more challenging to open with balloon angioplasty, which may lead to stent complications including heart attacks. One option cardiologists use to avoid this in ...