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Balloon-expandable cobalt chromium stent versus self-expandable nitinol stent for the Atherosclerotic Iliac Arterial Disease (SENS-ILIAC Trial) Trial: a randomized controlled trial
Iliac artery angioplasty with stenting is an effective alternative treatment modality for aortoiliac occlusive diseases. Few randomized controlled trials have compared the efficacy and safety between self-expa...
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Open AccessEffect of delayed hospitalization on patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and complex lesions undergoing successful new-generation drug-eluting stents implantation
In the absence of available data, we evaluated the effects of delayed hospitalization (symptom-to-door time [SDT] ≥ 24 h) on major clinical outcomes after new-generation drug-eluting stent implantation in pati...
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Open AccessInfluence of early dose reduction of ticagrelor on clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention for complex lesions
Ticagrelor-based dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) provides potent antiplatelet inhibition but may increase the bleeding risk in Asian populations. We investigated the influence of early ticagrelor dose reducti...
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Open AccessClinical Impact of after-consult clinic blood pressure: comparison with automated office blood pressure
It is most important to measure blood pressure (BP) exactly in treating hypertension. Recent recommendations for diagnosing hypertension clearly acknowledge that an increase in BP attributable to the “whitecoa...
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Open AccessImpact of chronic outward force on arterial responses of proximal and distal of long superficial femoral artery stent
Self-expanding nitinol stent (SENS) implantation is commonly oversized in the superficial femoral artery (SFA), and leads to chronic outward force (COF) and in-stent restenosis (ISR). This study aimed to inves...
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Comparison between calcium channel blocker with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker combination on the development of new-onset diabetes in hypertensive Korean patients
Rare comparative studies investigated the relationship between combination therapy of antihypertensive drugs and the incidence of new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM). The aim of this study was to evaluate which...
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Open AccessStudy design and rationale of the ‘Balloon-Expandable Cobalt Chromium SCUBA Stent versus Self-Expandable COMPLETE-SE Nitinol Stent for the Atherosclerotic ILIAC Arterial Disease (SENS-ILIAC Trial) Trial’: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
The self-expandable COMPLETE™ stent (Medtronic) has greater elasticity, allowing it to regain its shape after the compression force reduces, and has higher trackability, thus is easier to maneuver through tort...
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Open AccessEfficacy of two different self-expanding nitinol stents for atherosclerotic femoropopliteal arterial disease (SENS-FP trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
There have been few randomized control trials comparing the incidence of stent fracture and primary patency among different self-expanding nitinol stents to date. The SMART™ CONTROL stent (Cordis Corp, Miami L...
