Severe pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis after PV isolation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is a severe complication that requires angioplasty. However, there have been no studies to compare the incidence of among several balloon-type ablations. This study aimed reduction cross-sectional area and cryoballoon (CB)-PVI, hot balloon-PVI (HB), or laser balloon (LB)-PVI. A total 320 patients who underwent a...

We report the successful treatment of BuddChiari syndrome caused by membranous obstruction of intrahepatic inferior vena cava (MOVC) with large amount of thrombi by balloon angioplasty. A 45-year-old woman developed general malaise and edema of legs. MOVC with large thrombi was diagnosed after MR angiogram and vena cavogram. We performed two-stage percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) wit...

BACKGROUND The Cutting Balloon is a novel dilatation catheter for coronary angioplasty (InterVentional Technologies Inc). It produces longitudinal, microsurgical incisions in the vessel wall before the actual dilatation. It is assumed that these controlled surgical incisions relieve hoop stress and reduce vessel wall injury and eventually restenosis. However, no clinical indicator to support th...

It is easy to live for the day. All lazybones do that and legitimately those who have finally taken a rest and enjoy in a relaxed way what is offered to them. The more eventful the better since then it is easy to forget what happened before and since unconnected impressions can be grasped in a particularly fresh way, in a virtually raw way. And in the same way as one might live for the moment, ...