Results 249 ERCP procedures were recorded over the 12 month period. 41% were male; 45% were performed as outpatient. Mean age was 68 years. Main indication was gallstones (60%). 224 amylase tests were ...

Post-ERCP pancreatitis occurred in all procedures were 11/484 (2.2%), double guidewire 3/20 (15%) (p < 0.02), precut 1/19 (5.3%). Prophylactic pancreatic stents were placed in 2 double guidewire ...

Aortic coarctation, first described by Morgagni during an autopsy of a monk in 1760, is characterised by a circumscript narrowing in the region of the ligamentum arteriosum, at the level of the distal ...

Background Several antithrombotic treatments during emergent carotid artery stenting (eCAS) have been proposed, but an appropriate protocol to balance risk–benefit is not well known. Objective To ...

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Background Intrasaccular flow disruption represents a new paradigm in endovascular treatment of wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms. Objective To perform a matched case–control study comparing ...

Since March 1993, 49 coronary perforations have occurred at the authors’ institutions during 10 945 percutaneous interventions (0.45%). Using May 1997 (when PTFE-covered stents were available at our ...

Recent advancements in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) have necessitated the need for smart biomedical devices. This article presents a novel endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) stent system ...

Objective: To evaluate the potential role of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in evaluating patients experiencing an episode of acute stent thrombosis. Design and setting: Prospective observational ...

Although drug-eluting stents have dramatically reduced the recurrence of restenosis after vascular interventions, the nonselective antiproliferative drugs released from these devices significantly ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): This test also uses a long tube, but instead of ultrasound, it uses X-rays and glowing dye to view the pancreas and gallbladder. MRCP (magnetic ...