On December 9, 2024, InspireMD announced that the first patient had been enrolled into the CGUARDIANS II clinical study.

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Once inflated, an expandable mesh tube (called a stent) can be inserted to keep the vessel open ... If angioplasty is needed in an emergency, CT or MRI angiography will be performed in tandem with ...

Angioplasty with stenting reduces re-coarctation risk and might prevent aortic aneurysm formation as compared with balloon angioplasty alone in adult patients with native aortic coarctation.

Stents and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) treat blocked arteries and coronary artery disease (CAD). Stents are a less invasive option, while CABG is a major surgery. Your healthcare provider ...

A computed tomography scan or CT scan uses X-rays and computers to make images of the body. It can sometimes help doctors diagnose headaches and their causes. You might need one if you have ...

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...

It is thought that these patients might have increased risk of a tear or rupture of the aorta during the procedure. For that reason, covered stents are considered an option in patients who have a ...

Background The patency of intracranial stents may not be reliably assessed with either CT angiography or MR angiography due to imaging artifacts. We investigated the potential of ultra-high resolution ...

No patient was re-treated by stenting or required surgical treatment. All stents were patent on the control CT venography at 1 month. The follow-up data are reported in table 2. One complication was ...

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of the GORE® Ascending Stent Graft (ASG) device in the treatment of lesions involving the ascending aorta and aortic arch.