Abstract Treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions remains a major challenge for interventional cardiology. In previous coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients, when antegrade native CTO percutaneous coronary intervention…
Abstract Resistant hypertension in the setting of renal artery occlusion should prompt further investigation for secondary causes in a young patient. We present renal artery occlusion in the setting of…
Abstract This systematic review with meta-analysis sought to determine protective effects of erythropoietin on clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Medline, Embase, Elsevier and Sciences online database as well…
Abstract Coronary intervention is increasingly performed in complex disease with tandem and diffuse disease. Pressure wires enable detailed assessment of the physiological significance of a stenosis but in the presence…
Abstract Coronary angiography is the “golden standard” imaging technique in interventional cardiology and it is still widely used to guide interventions. A major drawback of this technique, however, is that…
Abstract Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with simultaneous multiple coronary thrombosis has been described, however; the available information about the clinical presentation and management of this condition is scarce. We…
Abstract Background The growing number of complex endovascular procedures is expected to increase the risk of iatrogenic injuries of peripheral arteries. A strategy of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with covered…
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of the everolimus-eluting stents (EES) with the paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) and sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) for the…
Abstract Background There is paucity of data regarding the clinical outcome of second generation drug- eluting stents (DES) post rotational atherectomy (RA) for heavily calcified coronary lesions (HCCL). Methodology The…
Abstract Objectives To assess sex differences in clinical presentation, in-hospital and long-term outcome in ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary PCI (PPCI). Background Several studies have shown higher rates…
