An 82 year-old lady with severe calcified aortic stenosis was referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation to our institution. From the right femoral artery, a 26 mm CoreValve (Medtronic Inc.,…
Abstract A 67-year-old man with a dilated cardiomyopathy and severe aortic regurgitation (AR) secondary to a traumatic cusp lesion was referred to our institution because of progressive worsening of dyspnea….
Abstract In a patient with a small-calibre radial artery and a 360° radio-ulnar loop, we combined the balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) technique (used to track a catheter trough the loop) with…
Recently, the MATRIX trial results were published. The authors randomized > 8000 patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) to either transfemoral or transradial approach. Although touted as an overwhelming…
Summary We present a review of microvascular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and an interesting case of a symptomatic familial HCM patient with inducible ischemia by single photon emission computed…
Abstract Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is responsible for 20% of all US hospital admissions. Management of PAD has evolved over time to include many medical and transcatheter interventions in addition…
Abstract In recent years an angiographic score was introduced in clinical practice to stratified different levels of risk after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with drug eluting stents. The SYNTAX score…
Abstract Background Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a well-established risk factor for the occurrence of adverse ischemic events. However, the economic impact of the presence of CAC is unknown. Objectives…
Abstract Background Several studies investigated the combination of bare metal stents in the main branch and drug-eluting balloons in the side branch in bifurcation lesions, but data on the combination…
Abstract Background/purpose Coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) is a clinical problem for which a satisfactory solution has not been found yet. Bioabsorbable drug eluting vascular scaffolds (BVSs) provide transient vessel scaffolding…
