Purpose Thrombectomy and intracoronary administration of abciximab via an intracoronary perfusion catheter have been demonstrated to reduce thrombus burden. We analyzed two different treatment strategies: (1) first thrombus-aspiration to reduce…
Aims At concentrations superior to those achieved with the standard intravenous dose for coronary procedures, abciximab has an active dethrombotic effect by displacing platelet-bound fibrinogen. This analysis investigates whether administration…
Background Drug-eluting stents (DES) have demonstrated reduction of late loss (LL) and low target lesion revascularization (TLR) rates through an inhibitory effect on neointimal hyperplasia but might have a risk…
Background Clopidogrel low response correlates with poor prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Many biological tests are currently available to test the clopidogrel response. However, the presence of any correlation…
Background Recent improvements in the care of critically ill patients should lead to better outcome. The goal of this study was to evaluate the age-adjusted mortality rate from STEMI-related cardiogenic…
Background Many strategies exist, and each has been implemented with the goal of decreasing the time between arrival at the hospital and intracoronary balloon inflation, the door-to-balloon time (D2B). Improving…
Background Patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and prior cardiac surgery undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) are at high risk. We aimed to describe the fluoroscopy and left anterior descending…
Background Distal embolization of thrombus/platelet aggregates decreases coronary and myocardial reperfusion during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is associated with worse immediate and long-term prognosis of patients with ST-elevation…
Background Failed percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with adverse outcome. With recent improvements in PCI techniques, it is unclear what are the incidence and…
Background Although it is known that mitral regurgitation improves after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis, nowadays, few and contradictory information are available about changes in mitral regurgitation…
