Gastric-outlet obstruction (GOO) refers to mechanical or functional obstruction of the flow of gastric contents into the small intestine. Symptoms of GOO include early satiety, postprandial abdominal ...

Angioplasty with stent placement is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrow or blocked arteries. This procedure is used in different parts of your body, depending on the location of the ...

Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures to open arteries in the heart that are clogged. These procedures are formally known as coronary angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention.

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(7):1181-1186. Before stent insertion, stenosis was evaluated using computed tomography, endoscopy, and fluoroscopy. With the patient under sedation, the DBE probe ...

The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to guide stent placement in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) leads to better clinical outcomes than use of angiography guidance, according to a ...