Abstract Background Adenosine is the gold standard for augmenting coronary flow during fractional flow reserve (FFR) testing of intermediate coronary stenoses. However, intravenous infusion is time-consuming and intracoronary injection is…
Abstract Directional atherectomy (DA) is one of the most commonly used modalities for the treatment of obstructive femoropopliteal peripheral arterial disease (PAD), especially in patients with large and calcified atherosclerotic…
Abstract Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is preferred to treat high surgical risk patients with severe aort stenosis. Wrapping of a pig tail catheter with device struts during transcatheter aortic valve…
Abstract We present a case of a patient with total chronic occlusion of the right common iliac artery that underwent percutaneous stenting with combined transpedal and transradial approaches. With this…
Abstract Critical hand ischemia is an extremely rare and serious complication of transradial coronary angiography. It is almost always associated with radial artery occlusion. Early recognition and involvement of vascular…
Abstract Anomalous right coronary arteries (ARCA) are extremely rare in general population. Although mostly asymptomatic and recognized incidentally on cardiac catheterizations, they can be catastrophic and can cause sudden cardiac…
Abstract Background and purpose NOBORI biolimus A9-eluting stent (BES) is the third generation drug eluting stent (DES) with only abluminal biodegradable polymer. Recent clinical trials have indicated that the BES…
Abstract With the continued advancement in PCI equipment and techniques, complications arising from intracoronary manipulation are encountered. Such complications are associated with major adverse outcome including death; myocardial infarction (MI)…
Abstract Background/purpose Coronary stent deployment outcomes can be negatively impacted by inaccurate lesion measurement and inappropriate stent length selection (SLS). We compared visual estimate of these parameters to those provided…
Abstract Background Late and very late stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation is a major concern. The present study evaluated difference in the effects of sirolimus, paclitaxel and zotarolimus on…
