Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty for Axillary Artery Stenosis.

We present a case report of a patient with symptomatic bilateral severe axillary artery stenosis who underwent drug-coated balloon angioplasty. A 59-year-old female with a past medical history of peripheral artery disease presented with bilateral upper extremity claudication on exertion and episodes of syncope. Peripheral angiography showed significant bilateral upper extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) including bilateral severe axillary artery stenosis.

Clot in Transit: Therapy via Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Line.

There are currently no definitive guidelines for the optimal management of clots in transit (CIT) due to a distinct lack of quality research to suggest a recommended therapy. The three main treatment modalities that are commonly utilized for pulmonary emboli (PE) (a sequela of CIT) are thrombolysis, pulmonary embolectomy, and anticoagulation alone. The current recommendation for severe PE with hemodynamic collapse is to consult cardiothoracic surgery for clot retrieval.

Increased susceptibility of spontaneously hypertensive rats to ventricular tachyarrhythmias in early hypertension.

Hypertension is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death caused by ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation (VT/VF). We hypothesized that, in early hypertension, the susceptibility to stress-induced VT/VF increases. We compared the susceptibility of 5- to 6-month-old male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and age/sex-matched normotensive rats (NR) to VT/VF during challenge with oxidative stress (H2 O2 ; 0.