Abstract Background Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce restenosis but require prolonged antiplatelet therapy, when compared with bare metal stents. Ideally, the patient should be involved in this risk:benefit assessment prior to…
Abstract Background Transradial approach (TRA) for percutaneous coronary procedures is associated with improved patient outcome and is being increasingly adopted worldwide. We surveyed Italian interventional cardiologists in order to take…
Abstract Aim Stents reduce angiographic restenosis in comparison with balloon angioplasty. The rate of in-stent restenosis (ISR), although less frequent than post-angioplasty restenosis, is becoming increasingly prevalent due to the…
Abstract Background Procedural and clinical outcomes in patients with very long (>30 mm) coronary lesions who underwent stent-based percutaneous coronary interventions are still unfavorable. Therefore, we compared the relative efficacy…
Every issue, the Editor-in-Chief selects one to three articles that are particularly interesting or have important implications in interventional cardiology. Here are the picks for this issue. Endothelial Function After…
Despite a growing evidence that the radial approach – as compared with the trans-femoral approach – is associated with reduced bleeding and mortality in patients undergoing coronary diagnostic and interventional…
1 Introduction The 20th annual Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Conference took place in Washington, DC in February 2017. More than 2000 leading interventional and endovascular specialists attended the four-day international…
The CRT conference is the platform for interventional cardiology education and news. This year was a great success with many late-breaking trial submissions, a reflection of the success of the…
Abstract The ulnar artery is similar in size to the radial artery, however it is more difficult to palpate and access. For those physicians who mastered trans-ulnar access (TUA) this…
Abstract Side branch occlusion, which was one of the common complications in percutaneous coronary interventions, was closely associated with cardiac death and myocardial infarction. Clinical guidelines also support the importance…
