Background Drug-coated balloon (DCB) is a potential treatment for patients with low restenosis risk in vertebral artery origin stenosis (VAOS). However, the clinical data of long-term outcome are ...

Renowned Indian heart surgeon Dr K M Cherian, who was instrumental in several pioneering cardiac surgeries in India including the first successful coronary artery bypass and heart transplant ...

What is stenosis after gastric bypass surgery? After gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the new connection between the stomach pouch and the small intestine may narrow. This is called an ...

The patients met the following inclusion criteria: age 18–80 years; target vessels including the intracranial carotid artery, middle cerebral ... (n=11), severe residual stenosis (n=1), or acute ...

Various conditions can lead to carotid artery neck pain. For instance, some people experience carotidynia, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain ...

Objective: Chronic internal carotid artery occlusion (CICAO) can cause transient ischemic attack (TIA) and ischemic stroke. Carotid artery stenting (CAS) with embolic protection devices and hybrid ...

T2 Tumor is >2cm and confined to pancreas. T3 Tumor extends beyond pancreas but does not involve celiac axis or superior mesenteric artery. T4 Primary tumor involves either celiac axis or superior ...

Background: Around 9–15% of ischemic strokes are related to internal carotid artery (ICA)-stenosis ≥50%. However, the extent to which ICA-stenosis <50% causes ischemic cerebrovascular events is ...

Therefore, complete encasement of the celiac artery is considered locally advanced type A. Our threshold for considering surgery after induction therapy is evolving, and our current thoughts on how to ...