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1. Renal-Artery-Stenosis Surveillance (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2012 - i CER-Update # 5: Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis … Revascularization versus medical therapy for renal-artery stenosis. … The management of renal artery atherosclerosis for renal salvage: does stenting help? … Primary stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. [Review] [35 refs]. … Renal artery stenting slows the rate of renal function decline.

2. Coronary-Artery-Stenting Executive (pdf file)
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   February 01, 2013 - Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery … Stenting: Comparative Effectiveness Review Executive Summary Background Coronary artery disease … (CAD) involves narrowing (stenosis) of one or more of the epicardial coronary arteries. … While angiography is the standard technique for the anatomic imaging of coronary arteries, it only … to evaluate physiological stenosis, especially in nonleft main disease lesions and small coronary arteries

3. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2013 - artery disease (PAD) refers to chronic narrowing or atherosclerosis of the lower extremities1 and … cryoplasty, drug-coated, cutting, and standard angioplasty balloons are available for use in peripheral arteries … stents are available, but drug-eluting stents are not currently approved for treating peripheral arteries … Project Title: Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease. … Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease.

4. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease (pdf file)
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   January 15, 2015 - inflammatory cells, smooth muscle cells, and connective tissue) builds up within the walls of damaged arteries … Plaque formation can result in the partial or complete blockage of coronary arteries and as a result … BP = blood pressure; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CAD = coronary artery disease; DM = diabetes … and then an X-ray and computer are used to create 3D (three- dimensional) pictures of the heart and arteries … CCTA is able to image blockages and narrowing of the arteries without the use of a catheter.

5. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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   January 31, 2013 - lower-extremity arteries due to atherosclerotic or thromboembolic disease.1 However, in practice, the … cryoplasty, drug-coated, cutting, and standard angioplasty balloons are available for use in peripheral arteries … /surgery"[Mesh] OR "Popliteal Artery/surgery"[Mesh] OR "tibial arteries/surgery"[Mesh Terms] OR "arteries … /surgery"[Mesh] OR "Popliteal Artery/surgery"[Mesh] OR "tibial arteries/surgery"[Mesh Terms] OR "arteries … Protocol A1_20130131 Peripheral-Artery-Disease_Amended Protocol A1_20130131.2 Peripheral-Artery-Disease_Amended

6. Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   March 29, 2016 - U V W X Y Z Health Topics Coronary Artery … Disease Description Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. … CAD happens when the arteries that supply blood to heart muscle become hardened and narrowed. … As it grows, less blood can flow through the arteries. … Systematic Review Archived February 7, 2013 Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery

7. Carotid Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   July 28, 2010 - Disease Description Your carotid arteries are two large blood vessels in your neck. … If you have carotid artery disease, the arteries become narrow, usually because of atherosclerosis . … This is the buildup of cholesterol and other material in an artery. … If a blood clot sticks in the narrowed arteries, blood can't reach your brain. … If the arteries are very narrow, you may need an operation called an endarterectomy to remove the plaque

8. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … SHARE: Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery … evidence regarding effectiveness and harms of noninvasive technologies for the diagnosis of coronary artery … Project Timeline Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease Jan 29, 2014 Topic … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-artery-disease-testing/research  

9. Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Evidence Reports Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery … For patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis in the modern management era (i.e., since JNC … What treatment variables are associated with improved or worse outcomes of renal artery angioplasty with … Project Timeline Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/renal-artery-stenosis/research  

10. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 07, 2013 - Bypass Surgery Description In coronary artery disease (CAD), the arteries that supply blood … may try treatments such as lifestyle changes, medicines, and angioplasty , a procedure to open the arteries … If these treatments don't help, you may need coronary artery bypass surgery. … You may need surgery again if blockages form in the grafted arteries or veins or in arteries that weren't … Lifestyle changes and medicines may help prevent arteries from becoming clogged again.

11. Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 01, 2021 - SHARE: Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery … 2020 Internet Citation: Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment  

12. Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery Stenting: Comparative Effectiveness Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques Versus Angiography Alone in Coronary Artery … techniques provide detailed information regarding the narrowing (stenosis) of the lumen of coronary arteries … They are increasingly used in addition to angiography during coronary artery stenting. … Future studies will need to focus on women and on patients with more severe coronary artery disease, … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/coronary-artery-stenting/research  

13. Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Home Evidence Reports Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery … SHARE: Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery … Structured Abstract Objectives For patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), the optimal treatment … Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral artery … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment/research

14. Hypertension-Pulmonary-Arterial Executive (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2013 - patients screening tests may be used to identify patients with asymptomatic elevation of pulmonary artery … when challenged with a short-acting pulmonary vasodilator, will experience a drop in mean pulmonary artery … We found that echocardiography estimates of pulmonary artery pressures (sPAP, TG, and TRV) and pulmonary … Second, echocardiographic estimates of sPAP often over- or under-estimate pulmonary artery pressure … diastolic pressure PASP pulmonary artery systolic pressure PCWP pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

15. Noninvasive Testing for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - inflammatory cells, smooth muscle cells, and connective tissue) builds up within the walls of damaged arteries … Plaque formation can result in the partial or complete blockage of coronary arteries and as a result … BP = blood pressure; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CAD = coronary artery disease; DM = diabetes … and then an X-ray and computer are used to create 3D (three-dimensional) pictures of the heart and arteries … CCTA is able to image blockages and narrowing of the arteries without the use of a catheter.

16. Comparative Effectiveness of Intravascular Diagnostic Procedures and Imaging Techniques versus Angiography Alone | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause … 2005. 1 The diagnosis of CAD is made on the basis of stenosis within one or more coronary epicardial arteries … While angiograms are still regarded as the reference standard for anatomic visualization of coronary arteries … , because the outer wall of the artery enlarges to accommodate the growing plaque (positive remodeling … Abbreviations: CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD = coronary artery disease; IVDx = intravascular

17. Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - lower-extremity arteries due to atherosclerotic or thromboembolic disease. 1 However, in practice, … cryoplasty, drug-coated, cutting, and standard angioplasty balloons are available for use in peripheral arteries … balloon-expandable stents are available, but drug-eluting stents are not currently approved for treating peripheral arteries … /surgery"[Mesh] OR "Popliteal Artery/surgery"[Mesh] OR "tibial arteries/surgery"[Mesh Terms] OR "arteries … /surgery"[Mesh] OR "Popliteal Artery/surgery"[Mesh] OR "tibial arteries/surgery"[Mesh Terms] OR "arteries

18. Renal Artery Stenosis Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - of the lumen of the renal artery. … arteries. … Evaluation of renal artery stenting. … Stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. … Is there any reason to stent atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis?

19. Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Evidence Reports Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery … SHARE: Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery … This report is an update to a Comparative Effectiveness Review on management strategies for renal artery … Project Timeline Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/renal-artery-stenosis/research-2007  

20. Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease SHARE: … Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease Systematic Review ARCHIVED … Excerpt Atherosclerosis develops in a patchy, discontinuous fashion within coronary arteries. … The choice between PCI and CABG is most relevant for patients whose coronary artery disease (CAD) lies … Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease.