Abstract The optimal management of instent restenosis has yet to be fully clarified. Drug eluting balloons are a popular strategy, but a new stent is preferred when dilatation gives a…
Abstract Background Donor artery fractional flow reserve (FFR) often improves after treatment of recipient artery stenosis, but the physiological mechanism underlying this phenomenon has not been elucidated. This study aimed…
Abstract Objectives To determine opinions and perceptions of interventional cardiologists on the topic of radiation and vascular access choice. Background Transradial approach for cardiac catheterization has been increasing in popularity…
Abstract Myocardial reperfusion injury has been identified as a key determinant of myocardial infarct size in patients undergoing percutaneous or surgical interventions. Although the molecular mechanisms underpinning reperfusion injury have…
Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of everolimus-eluting stent (EES), sirolimus-eluting stent (SES), and plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) for the treatment…
Summary Percutaneous coronary interventions of calcified coronary lesions are associated with worse clinical outcomes compared with noncalcified lesions and are still considered a technical challenge for interventional cardiologists. Rotational atherectomy…
Abstract Background/purpose Bare metal stents (BMS) have similar rates of death and myocardial infarction (MI) compared to drug-eluting stents (DES). DES lower repeat revascularization rates compared to BMS, but may…
Abstract Objective To compare outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug eluting stent (DES) and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in patients with multivessel Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) using…
“… the development of a device suitable for percutaneous insertion, which is a functional equivalent of the present spring guide but capable of externally controlled concentric expansion over a suitable…
Abstract Stent underexpansion is known as a major cause of restenosis and stent thrombosis in calcified coronary lesions. We report a case of calcified nodule pretreated with excimer laser coronary…
