Category Archives: Angiography and Interventions

Isolated myocardial bridges seen on coronary angiography are generally considered as benign. Myocardial bridge is the situation in which a portion of the epicardial coronary artery passes beneath [..]

Trans radial vascular access is gaining popularity for both elective and primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction. It is well known that trans radial access has lower access [..]

Micro vessels are there in about forty percent of the chronic total occlusions. CTOs can have a proximal cap and a hard plaque. Use penetration technique to cross [..]

Reverse crush is performed mainly with provisional side branch stenting and sub optimal side branch result. A stent is deployed in the main branch followed by final kissing [..]

Uhlemann M et al have reported radial access site complications in their prospective vascular ultrasound registry [The Leipzig Prospective Vascular Ultrasound Registry in Radial Artery Catheterization. Impact of [..]

This technique is useful when the proximal segment of the bifurcation is also involved. This technique uses two stents, one in the main branch and another in the [..]

In mini crush technique for coronary bifurcation angioplasty, both branches are wired and balloon dilated initially. Then two stents are placed simultaneously in the main branch and the [..]

The CLEVER Study [Murphy TP et al. Supervised Exercise Versus Primary Stenting for Claudication Resulting From Aortoiliac Peripheral Artery Disease. Six-Month Outcomes From the Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal [..]

Coronary anomalies can occur in five to fourteen percent of patients in TOF (Tetralogy of Fallot). Coronary anomalies in tetralogy of Fallot assume significance because they may be [..]