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Development of Biomedical Microrobot for Intravascular Therapy

Recently, coronary artery disease such as angina pectoris and myocardial infarction has become the major causes of death. As a method of medical treatment for the disease, the pharmacological approaches and the surgical operations are executed. Especially, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using catheters are the mostly preferred treatment for coronary artery diseases. The PCI technologi...

Intravascular volume therapy in adults

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Acute intravascular haemolysis associated with cephalexin therapy.

CEPHALEXIN, a new semi-synthetic antibiotic derived from cephalosporin C, has the same basic nucleus and the same range of activity as its predecessors, cephalothin and cephaloridine but has the advantage that it can be given orally. As this drug is relatively new, few side-effects have been described. The following case report is of a boy, aged 14 years, who developed acute intravascular haemo...

Intravascular radiation therapy in atherosclerotic disease: promises and premises.

Since its introduction in 1977, coronary angioplasty has become an established technique for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary disease. Currently, more than 500 000 procedures are performed each year worldwide. However, two major problems remain unresolved. The first, post-angioplasty acute vessel closure, occurs in about 5% of cases. In this setting, intracoronary stenting has been ver...

Toward a More Effective Intravascular Cell Therapy in Stroke