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Thanks, Nunzio, great link too...I see exactly what you're saying about the backbone.

You say a stent would still be good in the above case, do you disagree with the reasons DrS gave for why he would not stent there?

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"However, the truth in science ultimately emerges, although sometimes it takes a very long time," Arthur Silverstein, Autoimmunity: A History of the Early Struggle for Recognition

Partially: the way I would proceed is this, related to # 1.
I would balloon the lower stenosis.
Recheck upper narrowing; if gone do nothing.
If still present since narrowing=decreased flow I would ask the patient to go in valsalva and measure the diameter of the vein and then use a slightly larger stent. Alternatively a compliant balloon (soft,low pressure) could be used just to assess the vein diameter. This should prevent stent migration.
Point #2 and #3 I would defer to Dr.Ludyga and Simka.
They have done hundreds of these procedures without apparently any major problem.
Cece, maybe we can open a liberation treatment center together; I am not an I.R. or Vascular surgeon, but I have an Italian name.

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I'm in. I have a baggie full of balloons and pretty sure I can pick up any stents or that sort of thing at the hardware store.

We just need some guy named Irb to watch over us and we're set.

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"However, the truth in science ultimately emerges, although sometimes it takes a very long time," Arthur Silverstein, Autoimmunity: A History of the Early Struggle for Recognition