Age affects early mortality in TAVI
Background TAVI was developed to treat elderly patients (pts) with symptomatic aortic valve stenosis considered at very high risk or with serious contraindication for aortic valve replacement. The aim of…
Apo-A-1 mimetic peptide (FAMP) is a novel candidate of atherosclerotic pet imaging
Most diagnostic modalities for imaging of atherosclerosis can not provide information on the biology and metabolism of plaque. A number of molecular imaging targets, which were not specific, for atherosclerosis…
Clinical factors and Texas Heart PCI risk score correlate with SYNTAX score during patient selection for PCI or CABG
Introduction SYNTAX score is a valuable angiographic score which is based on coronary lesion anatomy; clinical factors are not taken into account during its calculation. The validated Texas Heart PCI…
Backup support of the mother–child technique: technical considerations for the size of the mother guiding catheter
Background “Mother–child technique” is applicable when the backup support of the guiding catheter is insufficient. We investigated the impact of the size of the mother guiding catheter on the catheter…
TIMI frame count: is it an adequate measure for embolization during stenting in primary PCI?
Background and Aim TIMI frame count (TFC) is frequently used as an indicator for successful intervention during primary PCI. It is suggested that distal embolization occurs in almost all primary…
Association between plasma pentraxin 3 levels and tissue characteristics of coronary plaques using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound
Background Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a novel candidate immunoinflammatory marker that has been reported to be associated with cardiometabolic risk factors and to predict adverse outcomes in patients with coronary…
Left main stenting using drug-eluting stents: long term outcome in an unselected cohort of patients from a tertiary medical center stratified by Syntax scoring
Background The Syntax score has been shown to be a predictor of outcomes in patients with left main (LM) coronary artery disease treated with drug eluting stents (DES). In this…
Endovenous laser therapy in the treatment of short saphenous vein disease
Background Endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) is an increasingly popular method of treating lower limb varicose veins and is a less invasive alternative to traditional open surgery. There are currently little data…
Evaluation of acute radial artery injury following transradial percutaneous coronary intervention by optical coherence tomography
Background Recent evidence has shown a reduced bleeding risk and resultant decreased morbidity and mortality when the transradial approach is utilized over the transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)….
Impact of initial clinical presentation on clopidogrel low response: is there any intra-individual variability over time?
Background Clopidogrel low response correlates with poor prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It is today clearly demonstrated that there is a large inter-individual variability in clopidogrel response. Some authors…
