First in human of new polymer-free stent demonstrates favorable angiographic, imaging-based outcomes at nine-months supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 12:50 PM ISTA first-in-human study of a new polymer-free drug-filled stent, which provides controlled drug elution from an internal lumen, indicated non-inferior...
Cardiologist warns against dissolvable stents in an NEJM editorial supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 3:36 PM ISTIn a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial published last week, Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., provides expert commentary on bioresorbable...
Kolkata doctors save boy by stenting esophagus after acid ingestion Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Feb 2018 7:01 PM ISTKolkata doctors have done a stupendous job by saving a boy by stenting esophagus after he accidentally and by mistake drank sulphuric acid. The...
Absorb BVS has very good clinical outcomes in PCI : Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 May 2018 7:25 PM ISTDr.Anne Venkata Ganeshkumar, a researcher at Department of Cardiology, Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital, India, and colleagues performed a study to...
2018 AHA/ASA Guidelines for Early Management of Stroke Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 July 2018 7:01 PM ISTAHA/ASA 2018 Guidelines for Early Management of Stroke have been released which are an update to the 2013 guidelines. The earlier ones were published...
How to monitor antiplatelet drugs before non-cardiac surgery ? Vinay Singh singh8 Aug 2018 8:35 PM ISTAntiplatelet drugs such as aspirin or clopidogrel reduce the risk of people getting the blood clot and are routinely prescribed for people who have...
Endovascular coiling has better outcome than neurosurgical clipping in subarachnoid hemorrhage Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Aug 2018 7:05 PM ISTThe researchers have found that the survival rate and recovery in stroke patients after a subarachnoid hemorrhage were better after endovascular...
Removable balloon as effective as stent implant for small blocked arteries: ESC 2018 Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Sept 2018 8:10 PM ISTA removable balloon is as effective as a permanent stent implant for unblocking small coronary artery blockages, according to late-breaking findings...
Bypass scores over stents in diabetics with heart problems: FREEDOM trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal16 Nov 2018 8:10 PM ISTDiabetics with multiple clogged heart arteries have a long-term survival if they undergo bypass surgery rather than getting their blood vessels...
Chip angioplasty: A new kid in the cathlab Medha Baranwal Baranwal9 April 2019 7:03 PM ISTCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death across the world, even more than cancer, infections, and accidents. More than 50 years...
Can we improve on the existing Drug eluting stents (DES)? Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 April 2019 7:03 PM ISTSince, the introduction of bare metal stents an enormous amount of research, innovation, and expenditure has gone into the development of stents....
Stent selection for PCI in high bleeding risk patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal13 July 2019 5:22 PM ISTWith an increase in population, more and more elderly patients are coming to cath lab with serious comorbidities causing a high degree of bleeding.The...
