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Advances in Digital Technology in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory
The flat-panel technology is a major digital advance, resulting in both improved image quality and lower X-ray dose. It is the purpose of this...
Blood Clots, Thrombolytics, and the Emerging Role of the EndoWave Catheter
Thrombolytic TherapyAll available thrombolytic agents in clinical use today are plasminogen activators. These trypsin-like serine proteases have high...
Catheter Cryoablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias
The Biology of Cryotherapy Cryotherapy is the use of cooling and freezing in living tissue to affect cellular function and activity.To produce...
Culprit-vessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Traditional Catheterisation for ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
The mortality benefit of thrombolytic therapy is time-dependent, with the greatest benefit observed in those receiving therapy the earliest.12 The...
Current Transcatheter Repair Strategies for Mitral Regurgitation
At a histological/biochemical level, this process has been characterized in canine models by increased myocardial matrix metalloproteinase activation...
Mechanical Thrombectomy Catheter Systems
An immediate goal in MI is to restore blood flow through the occluded coronary artery. Reperfusion is carried out using primary percutaneous coronary...
Paclitaxel-coated Angioplasty Catheters for Local Drug Delivery
A single short contact of tissue with a small dose of paclitaxel has been shown to efficaciously inhibit local cell proliferation. Paclitaxel is a...
Percutaneous Catheter Techniques for Management of Congenital Heart Disease
Established ProceduresBalloon Valvuloplasty (Pulmonary and Aortic Valves)In current medical practice, balloon valvuloplasty is considered first-line...
Transcatheter Interventional Techniques in Pediatric Cardiology
Recent advances in pediatric cardiology can be broadly subdivided into:device closures for septal defects and other vascular structures;balloon...
Transcatheter Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease
Valvuloplasty and Angioplasty The basic principle of balloon angioplasty is the dilation of a stenotic vessel with a non-compliant balloon to...
