Perventricular VSD closure is a hybrid procedure in which cardiac surgeon opens the chest and cardiologist does device closure with sheath passed through the right ventricle.
Simmons catheter (Sim catheter) Simmons catheter (Sim catheter) has been used for cerebral angiography [1] as well as renal angiography [2]. They have 3 different varieties (Sim 1,
Causes of coronary procedure related myocardial infarction Coronary intervention related complications which reduce coronary blood flow can be associated with periprocedural myocardial infarction {Type 4a as per the
Management of pulmonary artery perforation during balloon angioplasty Pulmonary artery perforation during balloon angioplasty: Management of perforation of a pulmonary vessel is on the same lines as that
Factors enhancing risk of limb loss after revascularization are: Infra inguinal bypass using prosthetic material, Bypass below the knee, Use of sub optimal conduit, Poor arterial runoff and
MALE - Major adverse limb events is considered in the setting of peripheral arterial disease and peripheral interventions. It includes major amputation, reintervention which could be surgical or
Simultaneous LV and RV angios (left ventricular and right ventricular angiograms or ventriculograms) used to be done in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (asymmetric septal hypertrophy) before the advent of echocardiography to delineate the
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been in use for guiding electrophysiological procedures for quite some time. Now it is being used more and more in interventions for structural heart
Neoatherosclerosis in bioresorbable vascular scaffold: Concerns about the long term utility of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) in different aspects have been raised. The latest is about neoatherosclerosis within the segments treated