Abstract Background The optimal stent for use in saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention is still debatable. Multiple randomized trials have compared drug-eluting stents (DES) to bare metal stents (BMS) in…
Summary Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an under-recognised presentation of acute coronary syndrome. A high index of suspicion is essential. If diagnostic doubt is high, intracoronary imaging, performed carefully,…
Abstract Medicare coverage for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the United States (US) is governed by the 2012 National Coverage Determination (NCD 20.32), which enshrined minimum numbers of TAVR,…
Abstract We describe the first case of an endovascular repair for a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta using the Valiant Navion EVO® low-profile thoracic endograft from Medtronic™. A successful outcome…
Abstract Background/purpose Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) varies after placement of drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Our aim was to study patient characteristics and predictors…
Trans-radial access (TRA) is now the preferred access site for percutaneous. coronary interventions (PCI) in experienced radial centers. It decreases access site bleeding and vascular complications, reduces post-procedural costs and…
1 Scope of the problem Saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) are routinely used in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for non-left anterior descending artery targets. The long-term patency rates of…
Abstract Atrial septal device occluders such as amplatzer occluder have been designed to close atrial septal defects of paten formal ovale. Off label use of this device has been reported…
Abstract A 62-year old male underwent treatment of a bifurcation lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery using provisional stenting with a jailed wire technique. Severe longitudinal stent deformation…
Background: The Initial Rational Dispersion of TAVR and The Next Transition Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the dominant form of valve replacement for relief of aortic stenosis. Its…
