INTERVENTION FOR BIFURCATION LESIONS Print Section Listen Bifurcation lesions have been reported to constitute 15% to 20% of all percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).1 Since they are associated with an increased…
HISTORY AND RATIONALE OF THE PROCEDURE Print Section Listen Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common acquired valvular disease in adults.1 The incidence of AS has steadily increased along with…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) have been drastically improved by the introduction of bare metal stent (BMSs) in clinical practice.1 However, a…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) composes approximately 25% to 40% of myocardial infarction (MI) presentations. There has been remarkable progress in the treatment and clinical outcomes…
ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY Print Section Listen Degenerative disease of the aortic valve occurs with age. Areas of cusp flexion over time develop fibrosis and calcification, impeding valve excursion and creating…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Small vessel disease and diffuse coronary artery disease represent particularly challenging subsets for treatment with transcatheter coronary interventional therapies. This pathology is associated with higher risk…
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The concept of delivering antiproliferative drugs via balloon angioplasty has been around for several decades. However, the specific idea of developing a drug-coated balloon (DCB)…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Since percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV) for pulmonary valve stenosis (PS) was first successfully performed by Rubio-Alverez and Limon-Lason1 using a ureteral catheter in 1950s, it…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) is defined as an occlusion present for 3 or more months, which will feature classic histopathologic changes (Fig. 35-1)….
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The introduction of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) by Inoue et al1 in 1982 has opened a new dimension in the treatment of patients with mitral…
