Search Results - "Mehan, Vivek K."

An inexpensive, simple technique to improve the safety of femoral arterial puncture by Mehan, Vivek K, Patil, Sachinkumar, Patel, Mehul

“…Abstract We describe a safe and inexpensive technique of avoiding femoral access site complications. Initial fluoroscopic screening of a fully inserted local…”
Get full text

Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries by Mehan, Vivek K., Wahl, Andreas, Walpoth, Nazan, Meier, Bernhard

“…Two young women with angiographically normal coronary arteries suffered an acute myocardial infarction. Both were found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO),…”
Get full text

Acute myocardial infarction after wasp stings in a patient with normal coronary arteries by Wagdi, P, Mehan, V K, Bürgi, H, Salzmann, C

Get more information

Influence on early outcome and restenosis of urokinase before elective coronary angioplasty by Mehan, Vivek K., Meier, Bernhard, Urban, Philip

“…Thrombosis at the site of coronary angioplasty is responsible for abrupt occlusion after angioplasty 1,2. The thrombotic process may also promote the excessive…”
Get full text

Conventional coronary angioplasty by Mehan, V K, Meier, B

“…Coronary angioplasty has come a long way since its inception 16 years ago. Although several new devices have shown promise, none, with the exception of the…”
Get more information

Use of guiding catheters to target pericardial and endomyocardial biopsy sites by Mehan, V K, Dalvi, B V, Lokhandwala, Y Y, Kale, P A

Get more information

An inexpensive, simple technique to improve the safety of femoral arterial puncture by Mehan, Vivek K, Patil, Sachinkumar, Patel, Mehul

“…We describe a safe and inexpensive technique of avoiding femoral access site complications. Initial fluoroscopic screening of a fully inserted local anesthetic…”
Get full text

Coronary angiography with four French catheters by Pande, Abhay K., Meier, Bernhard, Urban, Philip, Verin, Vitali, Moles, Victor P., Chappuis, François, Mehan, Vivek K.

“…In coronary angiography, there is a trend to use smaller catheters in order to avoid puncture site complications and minimize hospital stay. 1–4 It is a…”
Get full text

Direct extension of bronchogenic carcinoma through pulmonary veins into the left atrium mimicking left atrial myxoma by Mehan, V K, Deshpande, J, Dalvi, B V, Kale, P A

“…Direct extention of bronchogenic carcinoma via pulmonary veins into the left atrium is rare. We describe two such cases, one which presented as a left atrial…”
Get more information

Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries by Mehan, Vivek K., Wahl, Andreas, Walpoth, Nazan, Meier, Bernhard

Get full text

"Nailpolish sign" in cyanotic heart disease by Mehan, V K, Lokhandwala, Y Y

Get more information

Coronary angioplasty for isolated non-dominant left circumflex coronary artery disease by Verin, V E, Meier, B, Urban, P, Chatelain, P, Camenzind, E, Pande, A K, Mehan, V K, Dorsaz, P A

“…The study describes the clinical findings and results of coronary balloon angioplasty in 134 patients with non-dominant left circumflex coronary artery…”
Get more information

Doubtful arterial puncture during cardiac catheterisation in cyanotics by Mehan, V K

Get more information

Coronary stenting without anticoagulation by Mehan, V K, Salzmann, C, Kaufmann, U, Meier, B

“…Stents are useful bail-out devices in coronary angioplasty. They are also used electively for situations associated with poor angioplasty results (e.g.,…”
Get more information

Stenting with the half (disarticulated) Palmaz-Schatz stent by Mehan, V K, Kaufmann, U, Urban, P, Chatelain, P, Meier, B

“…A total of 110 half (disarticulated) Palmaz-Schatz coronary stents were implanted in 102 patients. Procedural success rate was 98%. Elective stenting was…”
Get more information

Use of half (disarticulated) Palmaz-Schatz stents for thrombus-containing coronary lesions by Mehan, V K, Kaufmann, U, Salzmann, C, Meier, B

“…Coronary stenoses associated with thrombus can lead to poor angioplasty results and increased procedural complications. Stenting in the presence of thrombus is…”
Get more information

Coronary angioplasty through 4 French diagnostic catheters by Mehan, V K, Meier, B, Urban, P, Verine, V, Haine, E, Dorsaz, P A

“…In 50 consecutive patients subjected to coronary angioplasty immediately following a 4 French (F) diagnostic study, the technical feasibility and economical…”
Get more information

Endomyocardial biopsy via the femoral approach by Mehan, V K, Dalvi, B V, Kale, P A

Get more information

Left main coronary angioplasty in a 10-year-old boy with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia by Mehan, V K, Salzmann, C, Pfammatter, J P, Stocker, F P, Meier, B

“…Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a rare cause of premature coronary artery disease. A young boy with this disorder who underwent successful coronary…”
Get more information

Use of a coronary guiding catheter to direct a snare in removal of a retained catheter fragment by Mehan, V K, Lokhandwala, Y Y, Kale, P A

Get more information