Comparing Obtura Vascular Closure Device to Manual Compression for Achieving Hemostasis After Percutaneous Transfemoral Procedures: A Randomized Study.

Purpose: This trial was designed and aimed to compare safety and efficacy of Obtura™ vascular closure device (VCD) to manual compression (MC) among patients undergoing transfemoral catheterization.

Material And Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial of Obtura VCD against MC randomized patients in 1:1 (n=268; 134:134) ratio. Safety and efficacy were measured by primary endpoints (time to hemostasis [TTH] and deployment success) and secondary endpoints which included technical success, device-related adverse events, and time to ambulation (TTA).

Angiographic quantification of aortic regurgitation following myval octacor implantation; independent core lab adjudication.

Background: The balloon expandable Myval transcatheter heart valve (THV) showed encouraging results regarding residual aortic regurgitation (AR) from multiple observational studies. The newly designed Myval Octacor has been introduced recently, aiming for a reduction in AR and improved performance.

Objectives: The focus of this study is to report the incidence of AR using the validated quantitative Videodensitometry angiography technology (qLVOT-AR%) in the first in human use of the Myval Octacor THV system.

Case report on interaction of warfarin with herbal medicine "kadha".

With the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide, and a lack of proper preventive and therapeutic treatment, herbal medicine is frequently used by many people to increase the immune status of the body. We describe a case of a 56 year-old-man stabilized on warfarin (7 mg daily) from 12 years, experienced an elevated international normalized ratio (INR) of 5.45 after the consumption of an Indian traditional herbal drink "kadha" as a precautionary measure to prevent COVID-19 infection.

Percutaneous closure of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture - A single centre experience.

Background: Post-infarction ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare but lethal mechanical complication of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Survival to 1 month without intervention is 6%. Given high surgical mortality, transcatheter closure has emerged as a potential strategy in selected cases.

A Report of Successful Procedural, Clinical, and Angiographic Outcomes with a Tapered Stent of a Patient in Naturally Tapered Coronary Vessel.

In cases involving stenosis or occlusions in major parts of a long vessel, natural tapering of coronary vessels may create dilemma in deciding the optimal stent size during percutaneous coronary intervention. In this regard, tapered stents have been developed recently. Herein, we present a case of 67-year-old male patient with triple vessel disease including two tandem lesions in naturally tapered Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery.

A rare case of acquired aortopulmonary fistula with bicuspid aortic valve: report of successful surgical repair.

An acquired aortopulmonary fistula is a rare and usually fatal phenomenon. Rarer still are reports of successful surgical repair of aortopulmonary fistulae. We present the case of a 48-year-old hypertensive man who presented with congestive cardiac failure.

Tenecteplase in the treatment of acute pulmonary thrombo-embolism.

This is a retrospective study documenting the use of tenecteplase in 41 cases of suspected or confirmed pulmonary embolism receiving in-hospital tenecteplase as per weight-adjusted dosing in addition to standard heparin and oral anticoagulant therapy. The presenting symptoms of dyspnoea, chest pain, hemoptysis and syncope were found in 40 (97.56%), 19 (46.