Abstract Background The mother and child technique with a deep-seated 4F Kiwami catheter has been reported to be effective for delivering stents to complex lesions. Objectives To assess the feasibility…
Abstract Objectives This study sought to identify clinical and procedural predictors of elevated radiation dose received by patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to…
Abstract Objective To assess the safety and efficacy everolimus-eluting stents (EES) compared with first-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)….
Abstract Background/Purpose Compared with trans-femoral percutaneous coronary intervention (TFI), trans-radial PCI (TRI) has a lower risk of bleeding, access site complications and hospital costs, and is preferred by patients. However,…
Abstract Background It is unclear whether there are differences in clinical outcomes between sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) in patients with moderate renal insufficiency (RI). Methods The J…
Abstract Aims Given controversy over anticoagulation regimens for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), we performed an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare bivalirudin versus heparin. Methods and results…
In this issue of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine , Lipinski and colleagues report the results of a meta-analysis comparing heparin versus bivalirudin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Among 30,446…
Abstract The Lutonix® drug coated balloon (DCB) is a combination device composed of a standard percutaneous angioplasty balloon coated with paclitaxel. Depending on the balloon size, a dose density of…
Abstract BVS polymeric struts are transparent to the light so that the vessel wall contour can be easily visualized using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Therefore OCT represents a unique tool…
1 Brief report/letter Compared with femoral access, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) via radial access is associated with decreased vascular access site bleeding complications, reduced hospital length of stay and cost…
