Guidelines mandate urgent revascularization in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) irrespective of age. Whether this strategy is optimal in patients aged ≥85 years remains uncertain. We aimed to assess…
The relation between hepatic serum markers within the normal range and cardiovascular risk is uncertain. We sought to address this issue within a prospective randomized trial of statin therapy. Men…
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of unprotected left main disease (ULM) with drug-eluting stents (DES) is hampered by lack of information on long-term (≥10 years) safety data. All patients treated with PCI…
American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guidelines no longer recommend the use of routine aspiration thrombectomy during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This is based on evidence from recent…
Optimal antithrombotic pharmacotherapy in patients affected by diabetes mellitus (DM) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention is unclear. We sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bivalirudin compared with heparin plus…
Patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI) have a high risk of recurrence. Little is known about the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with…
Patients with non–ST elevation myocardial infarction who are managed noninvasively at presentation or are catheterized but without revascularization represent a heterogeneous and understudied population. We evaluated the clinical characteristics, management…
Renal dysfunction is a major risk factor for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Infrapopliteal PAD is associated with more co-morbid conditions and worse prognosis than suprapopliteal PAD. Long-term outcomes of patients…
A young woman with an atrial septal defect and the Eisenmenger syndrome has worsening symptoms and electrocardiographic changes of right ventricular hypertrophy five years later. Right-axis deviation with an rsR′s′…
Still today, bifurcation PCI represents a challenge and complex setting for interventionists. Above all, final kissing balloon inflation (KBI) is yet strongly debated. Provisional T-stenting approach with final KBI to…
