Progenitor Cells for Arterial Repair: Incremental Advancements towards Therapeutic Reality by Trevor Simard, Richard G. Jung, Pouya Motazedian, Pietro Di Santo, F. Daniel Ramirez, Juan J. Russo, Alisha Labinaz, Altayyeb Yousef, Brijesh Anantharam, Ali Pourdjabbar, Benjamin Hibbert

“…However, numerous challenges to modern PCI remain, namely, in-stent restenosis and stent thrombosis, underscoring the importance of understanding the vessel wall response to injury to identify targets for intervention. …”
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Rare case of spontaneous renal calyx rupture due to vesicoureteral junction stone in a horseshoe kidney by Siham Oukassem, Salma Debbi, Chaima Abourak, Ola Messouad, PhD, Omar EL Aoufir, PhD, Laila Jroundi, PhD, Ali Mohammed Miko, Mamoun Diouri, Ayoub Bouhnib, Ahmed Ibrahimi, PhD

“…The patient was managed with conservative intervention, including the placement of a JJ stent, analgesics, and antibiotics. The obstructing stone was expelled during stent placement, and the patient showed a favorable clinical course thereafter. …”
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Secondary Aorto-Colonic Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review of a Rare Complication after EVAR by Nattawadee Wiangphoem

“…The findings showed a fistula that exposed an aortic stent graft at the left-sided colon. An aorto-colonic fistula was diagnosed. …”
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Preterm Delivery in the Setting of Left Calyceal Rupture by Brent Hanson, Rami Tabbarah

“…Given the patient’s worsening pain in the setting of left calyceal rupture, the urology team planned for placement of a left ureteral stent. However, before the patient could receive her stent, she progressed to active labor and delivered a viable female infant vaginally. …”
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Multiple Culprit Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient with Coronary Ectasia by Bruno da Silva Matte, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Felipe Homem Valle, Ana Maria Rocha Krepsky

“…The patient had been previously submitted to percutaneous coronary angioplasty with bare metal stent implantation in both culprit vessels. Very late stent thrombosis could be the cause of the first occlusion, triggering the event in the other vessel. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Posttraumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Common Carotid Artery by Diego Rojas, Stefan Stefanov, Luis Riera del Moral, Jesús Álvarez, Luis Riera de Cubas

“…Use of covered stents has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to surgical repair of carotid injuries.…”
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Creation of new anastomosis for management of obstructive symptoms related to gastrojejunal anastomosis in patients who undergo gastric bypass: a case series by Rohit Agrawal, MD, Ethan M. Cohen, MD, Ayowumi A. Adekolu, MD, Soban Maan, MD, Mouaz Haffar, MD, Monica Chowdhry, MD, Shyam Thakkar, MD, Shailendra Singh, MD

“…Surgical revision of the GJ anastomosis is technically challenging and carries significant morbidity, making endoscopic therapies such as endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) and stent placement the preferred approach. In addition, the angulation of GJ anastomosis relative to the Roux limb can cause obstructive symptoms, which are less amenable to EBD or stent placement. …”
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Atypical Aortoesophageal Fistula with Atypical and Delayed Presentation and Negative Imaging Studies by Seifeldin Hakim, Mihajlo Gjeorgjievski, Lohit Garg, Molly Orosey, Tusar Desai

“…Another thoracic endovascular aortic repair with stent was placed over the old graft for presumed aortoesophageal fistula. …”
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How Precise Is Dental Volumetric Tomography in the Prediction of Bone Density? by Hakan Bilhan, Selda Arat, Onur Geckili

“…The mandible of a formalin-fixed human cadaver was scanned by dental volumetric tomography (DVT) for planning of the specimen positions and fabrication of a surgical guide and a surgical stent was fabricated afterwards. Bone cylinders of 3.5 mm diameter and 5 mm length, were excised from the mandible using the surgical stent with a slow speed trephine drill. …”
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First Use of GORE TAG Thoracic Endograft with Active Control System in Traumatic Aortic Rupture by Fotios Eforakopoulos, Ioanna Akrida, Petros Zampakis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Efstratios Koletsis

“…This new device provides an intermediate deployment step at 50% and optional angulation control of the proximal part of the stent graft. These improvements are beneficial providing accurate device placement and maximum seal length in anatomies where the distal, as well as a proximal landing zone, is critical.…”
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A Patient with Eight Intracranial Aneurysms: Endovascular Treatment in Two Sessions by Erol Akgul, Hasan Bilen Onan, Huseyin Tugsan Balli, Nuri Eralp Cetinalp

“…In the treatment of the aneurysms, different endovascular techniques were used including flow diverters stents, stent-assisted coiling, Y-stent-assisted coiling, and coiling alone.…”
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Nursing Analysis Based on Medical Imaging Technology before and after Coronary Angiography in Cardiovascular Medicine by Qin Li, Yangyang Yuan, Guangyu Song, Yonghua Liu

“…Experimental analysis found that the bifurcation angle has nothing to do with the damage of the branch vessels after the main branch stent is placed. The bifurcation angle greater than 50° is an independent predictor of MACE after stent extrusion for bifurcation lesions. …”
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Gallstone Ileus following Endoscopic Stone Extraction by Yoshiya Yamauchi, Noritaka Wakui, Yasutsugu Asai, Nobuhiro Dan, Yuki Takeda, Nobuo Ueki, Takahumi Otsuka, Nobuyuki Oba, Shuta Nisinakagawa, Tatsuya Kojima

“…In October 2012, the stent was replaced endoscopically because she developed cholangitis due to stent occlusion. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and cardiovascular outcomes in female patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from a retrospective cohort study by Yan Jiang

“…This study found that there was an association between MACCEs and age (p < 0.001), heart failure history (p < 0.001), previous AMI (p = 0.013), and diabetes mellitus(p = 0.002), LVEF (p < 0.001), DBP (p = 0.027), creatinine (p = 0.002), UA (p = 0.021), ACEI treatment (p = 0.003), number of diseased vessels, target lesion location, CTO (p < 0.001), stent length (p < 0.001), and stent diameter (p < 0.001). …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Giant Splenic Artery Aneurysm by Adenauer Marinho de Oliveira Góes Junior, Amanda Silva de Oliveira Góes, Paloma Cals de Albuquerque, Renato Menezes Palácios, Simone de Campos Vieira Abib

“…Among the various endovascular methods discussed in this paper, there is stent graft implantation, a method still few reported in the literature. …”
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Antegrade Therapy for Management of Choledocholithiasis through Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy in a Patient with Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy by Robert Dorrell, Katelyn Madigan, Swati Pawa, Rishi Pawa

“…The hepaticogastrostomy stent was subsequently removed, and the patient recovered without any complications.…”
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Ureteral Injury with Delayed Massive Hematuria after Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Oocyte Retrieval by Tanja Burnik Papler, Eda Vrtačnik Bokal, Vesna Šalamun, Dejan Galič, Tomaž Smrkolj, Nina Jančar

“…Monopolar coagulation with wire electrode and insertion of a double-J-stent was performed during operative cystoscopy. …”
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Combined Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Management of Postcholecystectomy Mirizzi Syndrome from a Remnant Cystic Duct Stone: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Arpit Amin, Yuriy Zhurov, George Ibrahim, Anthony Maffei, Jonathan Giannone, Thomas Cerabona, Ashutosh Kaul

“…The patient was treated with a novel strategy by combining advanced endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques in three stages as follows: Stage 1 (initial presentation): endoscopic sphincterotomy with common bile duct stent placement; Stage 2 (6 weeks after Stage 1): laparoscopic ultrasonography to locate the remnant cystic duct calculi followed by laparoscopic retrieval of the calculi and intracorporeal closure of cystic duct stump; Stage 3 (6 weeks after Stage 2): endoscopic removal of common bile duct stent along with performance of completion endoscopic retrograde cholangiogram. …”
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Treatment approaches for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Annik Steimer, Mike O. Becker

“…The summary effect size of the outcomes “regression of fibrosis,” “freedom from ureteric stent” and “clinical improvement” was high with values between 80–97.9%. …”
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Hepatic and Renal Failure after Anterior Myocardial Infarction Induced Apical Ventricular Septal Defect by Dirk Lossnitzer, Vedat Schwenger, Stephanie Lehrke, Evangelos Giannitsis, Martin Zeier, Hugo A. Katus, Henning Steen

“…Heart X-ray revealed a severe LAD in-stent restenosis. CAPD catheter drainage of hydroperitoneum due to congestive liver and renal failure was provided in combination with intensified CAPD hemodialysis. …”
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