Background: ACS is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, but it is unknown whether the advanced age of patients constitutes a prognostic factor. Objective: The present study compared the burden of risk factors and t...
Acute coronary syndrome (SCA) is the clinical manifestation of myocardial suffering due to ischemia. Through this study, we aim to describe the management of acute coronary syndromes in the cardiology department of th...
supported by the National Institutes of Health,United States(Grant:R01HL141933);Y.Ding was supported in part by the Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering and American Heart Association Career Development Award(AHA,Grant:852772).The authors gratefully acknowledge Connor Alexander Moore and Casey Tan for their technical support in schematic illustration and data analysis,respectively.
Fully bioresorbable vascular scaffolds(BVSs)aim to overcome the limitations of metallic drug-eluting stents(DESs).However,polymer-based BVSs,such as Abbott’s Absorb,the only US FDA-approved BVS,have had limited use d...
Objective To monitor hemodynamic changes during serial balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).Methods General clinical data of CTEPH patients diagnosed from Octob...
Introduction: Renal transplant artery stenosis (RTAS) is a common and early complication of renal transplantation, which can lead to severe post-transplant hypertension, as well as significant morbidity and mortality,...
Introduction: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency. Objective: Studying the feasibility, difficulties and results of coronary angioplasty in acute coronary syndromes at the Luxembo...
funded by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.220016);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62272325);National Key R&D Program(No.2018AAA0102600);Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals Incubating Program(No.PX2023022),Shanghai HeartCare Medical Technology,HeMo(China)Bioengineering and Sino Medical Sciences Technology.
Rationale Unsuccessful thrombectomy of acute large vessel occlusions(LVOs)has been associated with unfavourable outcomes.Multiple randomised controlled trials(RCTs)have reported a failure rate of 12%–41%for thrombect...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension(CTEPH)is a chronic,progressive,debilitating,and life-threa-tening complication of pulmonary embolism(PE).Recent technological advances have permitted various treat-ment op...
supported in part by NIH Grant R01HL152270;a UCLA Radiology Exploratory Research Grant Award.
Kidney failure is particularly common in the United States,where it affects over 700,000 individuals.It is typically treated through repeated sessions of hemodialysis to filter and clean the blood.Hemodialysis require...
supported by fund from Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2021-I2M-1–049);National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding(2022-NHLHCRF-LX-01-0203)
Takayasu arteritis(TA)is a rare systemic vasculitis of the aorta and its primary branches,which usually occurs in young women.Due to its insidious onset and lack of specific symptoms,this disease can be easily misdiag...