Objective Percutaneous techniques for crossing femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions (CTOs) offer an alternative to bypass surgery in patients deemed to be at increased risk due to advanced age or comorbidities….
Objective Heart-type Fatty Acid Binding Protein (H-FABP), an early marker of cardiac necrosis, is a cytosolic protein of low molecular weight which is released rapidly from myocardium as a consequence…
Objective The development of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction is a predictor of heart failure, shock and mortality. However, the genetic influence on cardiac remodeling, and shock in…
Objectives Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) may restrict the size of right ventricular (RV) infarcts however the relation between CCC and clinical adverse events in patients with inferior STEMI was not…
Objective Although transradial procedures can be performed more effectively with specially designed catheters, most of interventional cardiologists around the world still use standard femoral catheters, mainly due to familiarity and…
Objectives The development of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction is a predictor of heart failure, shock and mortality. However, the genetic influence on cardiac remodeling, and shock in…
Introduction ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has a high mortality rate, but emergency coronary revascularization has dramatically improved. In order to assess the short- and long-term risks of STEMI patients, many…
Introduction Stent fracture (SF) is a rare complication of stent implantation with a reported rate of 0.84-3.2% in various clinical studies with first generation drug eluting stent (DES) and 29%…
Background Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) has been proven as a clinical condition related with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, relationship between CIN and stent restenosis (SR) remain unclear. In this study,…
Introduction Saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention remains technically challenging and is associated with higher rates of in-hospital morbidity and mortality compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of native coronary arteriesarteries….
