Coronary artery disease (CAD) refers to the narrowing and occlusion of the coronary arteries as a result of atherosclerosis. This can cause angina, myocardial infarction and heart failure. Treatment ...
Washington, DC - A randomized trial comparing laser angioplasty with balloon angioplasty alone for long occlusions in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) has shown no difference in outcomes between ...
Addition of laser atherectomy provides better short-term results than balloon angioplasty alone in patients with restenosis in peripheral stents. In fact, the randomized, multicenter EXCITE ISR trial ...
People whose arteries (blood vessels) get blocked due to cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes may now get a quicker treatment as a high-powered laser, which unblocks or clear arteries in minutes, ...
Compared with balloon angioplasty alone, patients with popliteal and infrapopliteal peripheral artery disease who underwent excimer laser-assisted balloon angioplasty had higher angiographic success, ...
Madurai: Doctors at Meenakshi Super Speciality Hospital said they used laser angioplasty for targeted treatment in four patients including two elders recently. The procedure employs a specialised ...
2.1.1 Chronic atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease commonly causes narrowing or blockage of lower limb arteries. Symptoms include intermittent claudication, ischaemic rest pain, ulceration and ...
RAIPUR: In a first of its kind successful surgery by a team of doctors in Raipur, a 66-year-old patient with 100 per cent blockage in the left renal artery and 90 percent obstruction in the coronary ...
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Lucknow: Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) started laser-based coronary angioplasty on Thursday, with four procedures successfully performed. Officials claimed that with this, ...
A 58-year-old man was treated for cardiac disease using coronary laser angioplasty at a city hospital here. The Pune-based man, who was suffering from chronic kidney disease and on haemodialysis three ...
CHENNAI: Doctors at Kauvery Hospital successfully performed coronary laser angioplasty on a 58-year-old man, who was diagnosed with coronary artery disease. The patient was brought to the hospital ...
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