1.Residents of Zhanqi Village in Huangshan,Anhui Province parade with hand-made fish lanterns during a Spring Festival celebration,January 18,2025(Photo by VCG)2.Hot air balloons line a street as part of Spring Festiv...
Background Data on drug-coated balloon(DCB)treatment in elderly patients are limited.This study was to evaluate the efficacy of DCB treatment in percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)among elderly patients.Methods A ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82071320,8601022);Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2023NSFSC1558);Medical-Engineering Integration Interdisciplinary Talent Training Fund Project of West China Hospital,Sichuan University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(No.HXDZ22011/ZYGX2022YGRH017).
To the Editor:Carotid artery stenting(CAS)is a key treatment of extracranial internal carotid artery(EICA)stenosis for secondary stroke prevention.Hypotension is a common perioperative event concerning balloon dilatio...
Background Left main coronary bifurcation lesions account for 50%of left main coronary artery disease cases.Although a drugcoated balloon(DCB)has the advantages of immediate release of the drug to the arterial wall an...
To the editor,Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis(MASH)is the active and progressive stage of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease,characterized by the presence of lipid accumulation i...
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...
BACKGROUND Intracranial arterial narrowing is a significant factor leading to brief episodes of reduced blood flow to the brain,known as transient ischemic attacks,or fullblown strokes.While atherosclerosis is commonl...
[Objective] To explore the effect of clinical care pathways in perioperative patients with autologous arteriovenous fistula balloon expansion. [Method] 202 patients undergoing autologous arteriovenous fistula from Jul...
supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation(NRF)of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education(2022R1I1A1A01059209);supported by grants of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute(KHIDI),funded by the Ministry of Health&Welfare,Republic of Korea(grant number:HI21C1705,HI22C0782).
Background To evaluate the association between retinal artery/arteriole occlusion(RAO)and unruptured intracranial aneurysm(UIA).Methods Incident UIA patients from a nationwide cohort(n=253240)were categorised into thr...
A birthday is an important day in many cultures.In America,family and friends have a party for the birthday boy or girl.They celebrate with balloons,party hats,games,gifts and more.There is always a birthday cake with...