Background In patients with refractory intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD), percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTBA) is less complex but typically results in higher postprocedural ...

Boston Scientific reorganized its operational structure and aggregated its core businesses, each of which generates revenues from the sale of Medical Devices, into two reportable segments, MedSurg (35 ...

Aims There is a paucity of evidence supporting routine beta blocker (BB) use in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim of this study ...

The role of ‘stand-alone’ coronary angiography (CAG) in the management of patients with chronic coronary syndromes is the subject of debate, with arguments for its replacement with CT angiography on ...

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 ...

Intravascular imaging (IVI) is widely recognized to improve outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, IVI is underutilized and is not yet established as a performance measure ...

This can be done with angioplasty (possibly including stent placement ... Fractional flow reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention vs. medical therapy for patients with stable coronary ...

A court in Ahmedabad on Sunday sent Kartik Jasu Manilal Patel, a key accused in the Gujarat angioplasty deaths case, to 10-day police remand. Patel is the primary investor and chairman of Ahmedabad ...

Separate from this family of codes is a CPT code for intraoperative ultrasound for thoracic aorta (76984). Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Lithotripsy: The American Medical Association developed an ...

The drug-coated balloon (DCB) is an emerging percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI ... The difference between DCB and plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) is that the balloon surface is coated with ...