Calciphylaxis is a kidney complication causing calcium buildup inside fat and skin blood vessels. It leads to painful skin lesions and often causes serious infection. Clinical trials are ...

In addition, middle ear infections can spread to this bone. The temporal bone is composed of five parts: the squama, the petrous, mastoid, and tympanic parts, as well as the styloid process. These ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Atherectomy has no advantage over conventional balloon angioplasty for the treatment of severe calcified lesions, according to unexpected results from the largest trial of the ...

The main difference between a bone fracture and a bone bruise is its severity. Bone bruises are far less severe and involve less tissue damage. With that said, there is often a fine line between what ...

Background: Drug-coated balloons (DCB) have emerged as an effective treatment for in-stent restenosis and small vessel disease. DCB angioplasty might improve outcomes in heavily calcified lesions, a ...

Background: Arterial calcification often occurs with bone mineral loss in osteoporosis, for which bisphosphonates are a standard therapy. Mice lacking the matrix GLA protein (Mgp) exhibit lethal ...

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) has posed unique challenges since the advent of percutaneous coronary interventions. CAC may complicate into inability to cross device, acute stent under-expansion, ...

This is the first large-scale study to study this specific device in severely calcified lesions, and the results support reserving its use for extreme cases. “Operators across the United States ...

The Total REALITY study retrospectively compared directional atherectomy (DA) versus balloon predilatation prior to drug-coated balloon (DCB) treatment of long, calcified femoropopliteal lesions.

has a forward-shifted IVL emitter designed to modify calcium in subtotal occlusions or extremely narrowed calcified vessels. Lesion characteristics included preprocedural stenosis of 82.9% ± 16.7%, ...