Thrombolysis-facilitated primary percutaneous coronary intervention as a therapeutic approach to stent thrombosis

Nov 14, 2017 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Thrombolysis-facilitated primary percutaneous coronary intervention as a therapeutic approach to stent thrombosis

Abstract Background Stent thrombosis is a clinically significant event occurring days to weeks or, infrequently, months or years after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Current therapeutic approach is immediate PCI aimed…

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Pooled comparison of regadenoson versus adenosine for measuring fractional flow reserve and coronary flow in the catheterization laboratory

Nov 14, 2017 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Pooled comparison of regadenoson versus adenosine for measuring fractional flow reserve and coronary flow in the catheterization laboratory

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…

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