AIMS Stenting has become an established interventional cardiology procedure for congenital heart disease. Although most stent procedures are completed successfully, complications may occur. This multicentre study evaluated early complications after stenting in patients with congenital heart disease, including potential risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS In this combined Dutch-Belgian retrospec...

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting pre- and post-stenting head computed tomography perfusion (CTP) in patients with middle cerebral artery stenosis. A total of 25 patients with severe middle cerebral artery stenosis were enrolled. CTP was performed prior to and following stenting. Scores were allocated to the time-to-peak (TTP) parameter of CTP using the Alberta stro...

Despite advances in percutaneous coronary interventions and the introduction of drug eluding stents, in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis remain a clinically significant problem for bifurcations. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of dual bifurcation stenting on hemodynamic parameters known to influence restenosis and thrombosis. We hypothesized that double stenting, especiall...

ventionalists for carotid artery stenting: experience from the lead-in phase of CREST. J Vasc Surg 2004;40:952–957. 14. White RA, Diethrich E, Fogarty TJ, Zarins CK, Hopkins LN, Roubin GS, Wholey MH. Carotid Revascularization Using Endarterectomy or Stenting Systems (CaRESS) phase I clinical trial: 1-year results. J Vasc Surg 2005;42:213–219. 15. Featherstone RL, Brown MM, Coward LJ; ICSS Inves...

We report the causes and characteristics of benign tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) in 14 cases and investigate the effects of different stenting methods in the treatment of TEF. Among the 14 cases, 2 cases resulted from inflammation, 8 cases from post-esophagectomy complications, 2 cases from complications of esophageal stenting for anastomotic strictures, and 2 cases from complications of che...

BACKGROUND Our aims were to compare coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and stenting for the treatment of diabetic patients with multivessel coronary disease enrolled in the Arterial Revascularization Therapy Study (ARTS) trial and to determine the costs of these 2 treatment strategies. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients (n=1205) were randomly assigned to stent implantation (n=600; diabetic, 112...

BACKGROUND Several trials have addressed whether bifurcation lesions require stenting of both the main vessel and side branch, but uncertainty remains on the benefits of such double versus single stenting of the main vessel only. METHODS AND RESULTS We have conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials including patients with coronary bifurcation lesions who were randomly selected to undergo...

PURPOSE VerifyNow antiplatelet assays were performed before and after stenting for various cerebral artery stenoses to determine the effect of the procedure itself to the function of dual antiplatelets given. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 30 consecutive patients underwent cerebral arterial stenting procedure were enrolled. The antiplatelet pretreatment regimen was aspirin (100 mg daily) an...

BACKGROUND The International Carotid Stenting Study was a multicenter randomized trial in which patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis were randomly allocated to treatment by carotid stenting or endarterectomy. Economic evidence comparing these treatments is limited and inconsistent. AIMS We compared the cost-effectiveness of stenting versus endarterectomy using International Carot...

BACKGROUND Provisional stenting is effective for anatomic simple bifurcation lesions. Double kissing crush stenting reduces the 1-year rate of target lesion revascularization. This study aimed to investigate the 5-year clinical results of the DKCRUSH-II study (Randomized Study on Double Kissing Crush Technique Versus Provisional Stenting Technique for Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesions). MET...