Are we making progress with percutaneous saphenous vein graft treatment?
This study shows that despite higher risk lesions, strategies to reduce distal embolization have maintained high procedural success. Late cardiac events, including mortality, have also been substantially reduced.
We conclude that iNOS gene function provides a survival benefit in septic mice and is associated with increased sepsis-induced thymocyte apoptosis. To our knowledge, this is the first survival study examining the effect of iNOS gene deficiency in a clinically relevant model of sepsis.