Carotid atherosclerotic disease continues to be an important cause of stroke, often disabling
or fatal. Such strokes could be largely prevented through optimal medical therapy and …

Stroke, a vascular disease of the brain, is the most common cause of complex disability and
a major cause of death worldwide1, 2, 3. Stroke, with its major negative impact on affected …

Objectives The aim of this study was to compare procedure-related ipsilateral cerebral
embolism with a conventional (Acculink, Abbott Vascular) versus a MicroNet-covered …

Methods Fibrin clot properties, including clot permeability (K s, reflecting an average pore
size within the fibrin network [9]), and thrombin generation capacity (defined as plasma …

Aim The present technical note, with its imaging and clinical correlates, describes how to (1)
achieve an effective proximal cerebral protection through a transcervical access transient …

Background Restenosis in first-generation (single-layer) carotid stents (FGS) is believed to
represent an exaggerated healing response of (neo) intimal hyperplasia (NIH) formation …

Purpose Different non-invasive and invasive imaging modalities are used to determine
carotid artery stenosis severity that remains a principal parameter in clinical decision …

Aim: To evaluate, using conventional (quantitative coronary angiography, QCA,
intravascular ultrasound–IVUS) and novel (quantitative virtual histology–qVH) tools …

POLISH ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2021; 131 (1) 6 in clinical practice or may be
as rare as the tip of the Gaussian distribution. Today, more a precise disease classification …