Percutaneous pleural biopsy is a minimally invasive procedure performed to obtain pleural tissue using a pleural biopsy needle. This may be performed untargeted for pleural effusions, or using ...

Utilizing the Seldinger technique, we accessed the right femoral artery and vein for angiography, confirming the abnormal vessels supplying the pulmonary cyst. Subsequently, we placed vascular ...

Akura Medical has enrolled the first subject in the multi-centre QUADRA-PE trial, which is assessing its flagship Katana thrombectomy system in treating acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. TriStar ...

EBUS is an invasive procedure in which physicians use ultrasound devices inside the airways and the lung for exploration of the structures of airway walls, the surrounding mediastinum, and the lungs.

Sensors that provide real-time pulmonary artery pressure data ... ratio from baseline to 48 hours post-procedure as assessed by CT angiography. The primary safety endpoint is the composite rate ...

Background Physicians treating acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are faced with difficult management decisions while specific guidance from recent guidelines may be absent. Methods Fourteen clinical ...

Recognise the onset of CIN and manage this complication appropriately. The proliferation of imaging methods and interventional procedures involving administration of intravascular CM in both ...

Conclusions Replacing femoral arterial access evaluations by DSA with fluoroscopy, utilizing lower pulse rates during fluoroscopy and roadmap guidance, and choosing variable frame rates for DSA are ...

The role of ‘stand-alone’ coronary angiography (CAG) in the management of patients with chronic coronary ... which reported a change in management strategy in 21.6% of patients, resulting in fewer ...

Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the primary diagnostic tool for acute PE across most ... Clinicians should remain vigilant about absolute contraindications, including active ...

Balloon angiography can be used as an alternative to minimally invasive procedures ... You will need to stop eating at midnight on the night before your angioplasty to reduce the risk of pulmonary ...

Quantitative coronary plaque analysis (QCPA) is an emerging tool that allows noninvasive quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis on the basis of coronary computed tomography ...