Endoscopic Management of Obstruction due to an Acquired Bronchial Web by Kevin L Kovitz, Mahtab B Foroozesh, Jose M Goyos, Edmundo R Rubio

“…The lesion was successfully treated using rigid bronchoscopy with laser therapy, balloon dilation and stent placement. This is the first reported case of an acquired bronchial web formation. …”
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Transcutaneous Puncture of an Undeflatable Coronary Angioplasty Balloon Catheter by Gregor Leibundgut, Christian Degen, Florian Riede

“…The article also presents potential mechanisms of contrast media entrapment and bench tests of guidewire-assisted balloon puncture. After successful stent implantation in the proximal right coronary artery in a 74-year-old female patient referred for acute coronary syndrome, the balloon catheter became undeflatable for an unknown reason. …”
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Fornix Rupture in Duplex Kidney due to Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm by Phitsanu Mahawong, Tanop Srisuwan, Kittipan Rerkasem

“…Selective embolization of right gluteal arteries and then ligation of the right internal iliac artery and right ureterotomy with double J stenting were performed. At the 4-month follow-up appointment, an abdominal ultrasound demonstrated a decrease in the size of the aneurysm and no hydroureteronephrosis after the removal of double J stent.…”
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Bleeding Complication of Triple Therapy of Rivaroxaban, Prasugrel, and Aspirin: A Case Report and General Discussion by Dane D. Gruenebaum, Ahmad Alsarah, Osama Alsara, Heather Laird-Fick

“…This report describes a patient with atrial fibrillation and recent stent placement who developed severe, recurrent epistaxis on aspirin, prosugrel, and rivaroxaban. …”
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Chronic IVC occlusion caused by unopened filter after conversion: case report and literature review by Shi Sheng, Yiqing Li

“…Upon removal of its retrieval hook, the filter's legs are intended to expand, forming a stent-like structure that is suitable for long-term residence in the human body. …”
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Staged, hybrid approach by zone 2 arch replacement and completion thoracic endoprosthesis in retrograde acute type A aortic dissection by Nabil Saouti, MD, PhD, Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, MD, PhD, Sjoerd F.M. Jenniskens, MD, Robin H. Heijmen, MD, PhD

“…We describe a case of retrograde acute type A aortic dissection approached by a hybrid, staged approach consisting of a zone 2 arch replacement and completion thoracic endovascular aortic repair procedure combined with distal balloon-assisted stent graft dilatation to prevent retrograde false lumen flow. …”
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Pancreaticopleural Fistula: A Review of Imaging Diagnosis and Early Endoscopic Intervention by Ali Kord Valeshabad, Jennifer Acostamadiedo, Lekui Xiao, Winnie Mar, Karen L. Xie

“…Patient was treated with placement of a pancreatic stent with complete resolution of the fistula tract approximately in 9 weeks. …”
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A Case of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis Associated with Renoduodenal Fistula by R. Conor Holton-Burke, Mini Varughese

“…This finding was subsequently confirmed during percutaneous nephrostomy placement, stent placement, a small bowel follow-through study, and upper endoscopy. …”
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Hybrid repair of type A aortic dissection after infrarenal endovascular aortic repair and bilateral iliac branched grafts by Quynh-Anh L. Dang, BS, BBA, Ciaran S. O'Brien, MD, William Rothstein, MD, Chase Brown, MD, Venkat Kalapatapu, MD

“…These were treated successfully with iliac thrombectomy and dissection stent placement.…”
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Asymptomatic Delayed Coil Migration from an Intracranial Aneurysm: A Case Report by Anirban Deep Banerjee, Leopoldo Guimaraens, Hugo Cuellar

“…An asymptomatic presentation, as in our patient, is even more unique. The stent-like configuration of the migrated spiral coil loop probably prevented complete occlusion of the blood vessel.…”
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Myocardial viability with a new technique in the echocardiogram of stress. by Leonel de Armas Rodríguez, Carlos Yun Angarica, Niurka Moreno Rodríguez, Juan Prohías Martínez, Angel G. Obregón Santos

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> To 15 patients in those that areas of myocardial viability were detected, through the images kept in the hard disk of a computer, and that they were accepted for treatment interventionist of angioplastìa more stent, they were carried out ventriculography later on, to contrast with the realized previous diagnosis. …”
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Wegener's Granulomatosis: A Rare Cause of Hydronephrosis by Julien Lillaz, Stéphane Bernardini, Marie-Paule Algros, Hugues Bittard, François Kleinclauss

“…A urinary diversion was thus performed using a double J endoureteral stent. The etiologic assessment of the hydronephrosis showed the presence of a periureteral mass that caused extrinsic ureteral compression. …”
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Partial Ureteropelvic Junction Disruption after Blunt Trauma: Case Report by Jalal Eddine El Ammari, Youness Ahallal, Mohammed Jamal El Fassi, M. Hassan Farih

“…Confirmation was obtained in retrograde ureteropyelography and treated conservatively with indwelling ureteral stent. We present herein an extensive review of the literature to examine the current status of this entity and to determine if improvements could be made in the diagnosis and treatment.…”
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A Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Causing Hydroureter and Hydronephrosis by Farzin Farpour, Adriana Abrudescu

“…In addition, most of the cases with hydronephrosis due to GPA went through urology intervention such as stent placement but in our case hydronephrosis resolved with medical management.…”
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Fallacies and Possible Remedies of the SYNTAX Score by Yong-Ming He, Li Shen, Jun-Bo Ge

“…The Evaluation of Xience Everolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left-Main Revascularization (EXCEL) and Nordic-Baltic-British left main revascularization (NOBLE) studies are the largest international randomized studies so far, comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in the treatment of left main coronary artery disease. …”
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) due to Coronary Artery Embolism in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation by Hussein Daoud, Ashraf Abugroun, Shruti Erramilli, Surender Kumar

“…Treatment modalities for ACS secondary to thromboembolism include stent placement, intracoronary thrombolysis, and thrombus aspiration.…”
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ST-elevation in aVR with Diffuse ST-segment Depression: Need for Urgent Catheterization? by Bruce M. Lo, Megyn K. Christensen, Katherine E. Schaffer, Theodore J. Tzavaras

“…The remaining coronary arteries were without any stenosis. Successful stent placement was performed, and the patient was discharged without complications. …”
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Native Aortic and Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis Complicated by Embolic ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Mumtaz Zaman, Richard Loynd, Anthony Donato

“…Following a failed attempt at thrombus extraction, a 3.0×38 mm bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent was placed. Echocardiography then revealed large mobile aortic valve vegetations with the largest measuring 1.4×1.7 cm, severe tricuspid regurgitation with a 1.1×0.5 cm mobile vegetation on the anterior leaflet along with a patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting. …”
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Immediate Implant Placement and Provisionalization in the Esthetic Zone: A 6.5-Year Follow-Up and Literature Review by Hsiu-Wan Meng, Esther Yun Chien, Hua-Hong Chien

“…Immediately afterwards, the implant was installed using a surgical stent and restored with a provisional crown that had no occlusal contacts. …”
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The management of Pancreatic fistula Complicated by Gastric fistulation following Emergency Splenectomy by Tan Jih Huei, Henry Tan Chor Lip, Chow Sing Thou, Yuzaidi Mohamad, Rizal Imran Alwi

“…When a pancreatic fistula is complicated by gastric fistulation, endoscopic stenting of the pancreatogastric fistula tract for internal drainage is an effective treatment option.…”
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