Healio

Q&A: ‘Imagination and ingenuity’ led to first minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

Researchers at the NIH and Emory School of Medicine have completed the first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass of the ...
IEEE

GVM-Net: A GNN-Based Vessel Matching Network for 2D/3D Non-Rigid Coronary Artery Registration

Abstract: The registration of coronary artery structures from preoperative coronary computed tomography angiography to intraoperative coronary angiography is of great interest to improve guidance in ...
ahajournals.org

Mechanical Factors Associated With the Development of Intimal and Medial Thickening in Vein Grafts Subjected to Arterial Pressure

Abstract Arteries exposed to sustained hypertension undergo a moderate degree of intimal thickening and a marked amount of medial thickening. Autogenous veins that are used as bypass grafts undergo ...
Frontiers

Balloon dilation in sheath technique in transcatheter aortic valve replacement via narrow femoral artery: first-in-human early feasibility study

Background: Severe aortic stenosis (AS) imposes sustained pressure overload on the left ventricle, leading to hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis, which are key features of adverse cardiac remodeling.