Abstract Background Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) has rapidly evolved as the preferred management strategy for the prevention of recurrent cerebrovascular events in patients with cryptogenic stroke and…
Abstract Background We examined the long term clinical outcomes after administration of intravascular brachytherapy (IVBT) for instent restenosis (ISR) and de novo coronary artery lesions in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)….
Abstract Background Limited data exist on the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO) due to in-stent restenosis (ISR). Methods We reviewed the procedural techniques and outcomes of 21 consecutive interventions…
Abstract Objective Cell therapy is an exciting area of investigation for repair of injured myocardial tissue. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous fractionation of whole blood containing high concentrations of…
Abstract Aim The significance of passive stretching of the mitral valve as a contributor to valve opening, after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), is not known. Our objective was to…
Abstract Objectives To evaluate feasibility and safety of MGuard based percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in vein grafts (VG) and native coronaries (NC). Background Distal embolization is a frequent complication of…
In February, we held the annual Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) meeting in Washington, DC. With 1500 attendees and 280 world-renowned faculty members, the meeting was a huge success and was…
The Starr–Edwards caged ball valve is one of the oldest cardiac valve prostheses and was widely used all around the world in the past decades . Few patients are reported…
Abstract Highly active antiretroviral therapy has greatly reduced AIDS-related morbidity and mortality; however, its widespread use has been associated with a marked rise in the frequency of cardiovascular diseases in…
Abstract We present a case of an intermediate right coronary artery lesion with a fractional flow reserve (FFR) of 0.93 despite a myocardial perfusion scan demonstrating reversible ischemia in the…
