Abstract Treatment options for advanced stages of congestive heart failure remain limited. Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have emerged as a means to support failing circulation. However, these devices are…
Abstract A percutaneous temporary aortic valve hemodynamic support catheter is a device that can conceptually maintain stable hemodynamics when significant structural damage occurs to the native aortic valve ensuing acute…
Abstract Ablation and anti-arrhythmic medications have shown promise but have been met with varying success and unwanted side effects such as myocardial injury, arrhythmias, and morbidity from invasive surgical intervention….
Abstract Purpose To allow an accurate diagnosis of coronary artery diseases by enhancing optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of atheromatous plaques using a novel automated attenuation compensation technique. Background One…
Abstract Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac arrhythmia which causes ischemic stroke. Percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is increasingly performed in AF patients with high stroke and…
Abstract Ventricular pacing is most commonly performed at the right ventricular (RV) apex. This is not without risk as placement requires crossing the tricuspid valve (TV) and may cause valvular…
Abstract Background Drug-eluting stents have shown promising clinical results in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. We aimed to evaluate the long-term outcome of Endeavor® zotarolimus-eluting stent (EZES)…
Abstract Objectives Different drug-eluting stents (DES) may have different performance in bifurcation PCI. Thus, we compared the performance of a novel zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZRS) with that obtained using two other…
This issue of CRM is dedicated to the top cardiovascular innovations presented at this year’s Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) meeting. As we look back on what has attributed to the…
Abstract A case is presented in which a breakage of the coronary stent delivery catheter occurred as retrieval of the stent balloon was attempted after stent implantation. The broken distal…
