Abstract Background We sought to assess contemporary approaches of interventional cardiologists to preoperative evaluation and perioperative management of coronary stents. Methods Online survey sent in December 2008 to 3771 US…
Abstract TR ial to assess I mprovement in T herapeutic O utcomes by optimizing platelet inhibitio N with prasugrel Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 38 (TRITON-TIMI 38) was a Phase 3,…
Abstract Purpose To assess the effects of local paclitaxel delivery using the Remedy catheter on neointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model and compare these results to commercially available BMS and…
Abstract Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing diagnostic procedures and/or interventional procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) use has…
Abstract Background ST-segment resolution has long been used as one of several clinical markers of response to reperfusion therapy. With the use of the DANish trial in Acute Myocardial Infarction-2…
Aim Outcomes with everolimus-eluting stents (EES) are excellent in multiple randomized controlled trials. There is a need regarding their use in a real-world scenario. We report our experience with EES…
Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the intracoronary (IC) double bolus of eptifibatide and IC high bolus dose of tirofiban as adjuncts to primary percutaneous coronary intervention…
Background Ejection fraction measurement is an integral part of pre-heart transplant evaluation. In the clinical arena, the correlation and agreement between ejection fraction (EF) measured by echocardiography vs. catheterization in…
Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of the CNS. MS is characterized by disseminated demyelinating lesions and axonal injury. At the beginning of disease dominates the inflammation…
Background The management of acute limb ischemia is largely based on the etiology of arterial occlusion (embolic vs. thrombotic). To our knowledge, the ability of duplex scanning to differentiate embolic…
