How to perform ostial stenting without contrast administration

How to perform Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)

"How to perform contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS)" provides general advice on the use of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) for clinical decision-making and reviews technical parameters for optimal CEUS performance. CEUS techniques vary between centers, therefore, experts from EFSUMB, WFUMB and from the CEUS LI-RADS working group created a discussion forum to standardize the CEUS examination t...

How to Perform Endoscopy During Exercise Without a Treadmill

Exercising endoscopy can be performed without a treadmill using specifically developed equipment that enables real-time visualization and recordings in natural exercising conditions. The more stable images obtained with this system also improve the quality of images obtained during treadmill endoscopy. Authors’ addresses: Equine Internal Medicine, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 chemin des Cape...

How to perform an amniocentesis.

Amniocentesis is a technique for withdrawing amniotic fluid from the uterine cavity using a needle, via a transabdominal approach and under continuous ultrasound guidance, in order to obtain a sample of fetal exfoliated cells, transudates, urine or secretions. It can be performed from 16 weeks of pregnancy onwards, with various chromosomal, biochemical, molecular and microbial studies being per...

Cutting balloon angioplasty and stenting for aorto-ostial lesions.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of a cutting balloon to overcome aorto-ostial lesions before stent implantation and thereby reduce the restenosis rate. DESIGN Observational follow up study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS Eight patients (two female, six male) aged 58.2 (SD 10.1) years with Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) grade II-IV angina were recruited. They each had a...

How to perform picture-perfect respiratory assessment.