Angioplasty
Studies from Aachen University update current data on angioplasty
Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, August 13th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Aachen, Germany conducted a study "To assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR)guided delivery of a solution containing contrast-medium and immediate online monitoring of its distribution to the vessel wall during MR-guided angioplasty in peripheral arteries. In 3 pigs, the feasibility of MR-guided atraumatic delivery of a solution containing contrast-medium and tissue dye (0.05 mmol/mL Gd-DTPA, 3% Evans blue dye) into the vessel wall of the iliac arteries was tested using a permeable balloon catheter (8 mm)."
"Catheter placement was monitored using a steady-state free precession real-time imaging sequence. Additionally, in...
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