Abstract Purpose Atherectomy has emerged as an alternative to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for endovascular reopening. Despite increasing use of atherectomy (and higher cost of atherectomy catheters compared with balloon…
Abstract Objective To assess the feasibility of kissing second-generation drug-eluting balloons (DEB), which have better mechanical properties than the first-generation DEB, in order to optimize provisional bare-metal stenting (BMS) when…
Abstract Background Angiographic and clinical outcomes associated with coronary stents eluting the new molecular entity zotarolimus have been well characterized in a variety of geographies and patient subsets. The Endeavor…
Every week it seems that we get new information from our friends at the American Medical Association or American College of Cardiology about the pending pay cuts for Medicare providers….
Summer is behind us, but clearly it was sizzling with respect to the field of interventional cardiology, especially with the dramatic announcement from Cordis/Johnson & Johnson on the production cessation…
Abstract Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage after percutaneous coronary intervention is a rare complication that has been mostly reported in association with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. We herein report a case of a…
Abstract Background Trans-radial access in coronary intervention has gained popularity as it grants advantages in patients with higher risk of haemorrhage, especially those with non-cardiac conditions and those treated with…
Abstract A 56-year-old male with a past history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery underwent stent implantation for a severe proximal left subclavian artery stenosis. Recurrent in-stent restenosis (ISR) resulted…
Abstract Atherosclerotic renal artery disease is a common disease entity that may be identified in patients with difficult-to-control hypertension and/or chronic kidney disease but is probably underdiagnosed. Current evidence from…
Abstract Achieving a door-to-balloon time <90 min may be challenging in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction with difficult to wire coronary lesions. We report use of the Venture…
