Summary It has been shown that statins preloading, before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), may reduce the risk of cardiovascular outcomes for acute coronary syndrome patients. Nevertheless, the effect of such…
Abstract Background Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common valvular disorder, occurring in up to 10% of the general population. Although surgery is the established treatment for primary MR, many patients…
Abstract Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BVS) have the potential for adaptive vessel remodeling, restoration of vasomotion, and late luminal enlargement, thus allowing them to circumvent target lesion failures associated with bare…
Abstract Urgent cardiothoracic surgical intervention for the management of complications of percutaneous coronary intervention is uncommon in the stent era. Nonetheless, given increasing procedural complexity, in part reflecting an aging…
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…
