Abstract Kounis syndrome (KS) consists of an association between hypersensitivity reactions triggered by various environmental and pharmacological factors and acute coronary syndromes. Blood supply may be compromised by either vasospasm…
Abstract Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially lethal complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Management of coronary perforations is mainly conditioned by the extension of coronary rupture and location of…
Abstract Patients in cardiogenic shock due to severe failure of a mitral bioprosthesis have extremely high risk for repeat standard cardiac surgery. This patient population may benefit the most form…
Highlights • The development of many chronic total obstruction (CTO) techniques together with the hardware advancements have led to the improvement of the success rate of CTO percutaneous coronary interventions…
Abstract Background Reduced leaflet motion (RLM) of transcatheter aortic valves (TAV) is observed in up to 4% of cases with similar frequency in surgical valves, with an overall incidence that…
Abstract Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a safe and effective alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis (AS). The impact…
Abstract Background/purpose Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) has been introduced to lower blood pressure (BP) and sympathetic activity in patients with uncontrolled hypertension with at best equivocal results. It has…
Abstract Background Patients with history of cryptogenic stroke are more likely to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and should be managed with antithrombotic agents, while the alternative option is…
Abstract Background/purpose Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred strategy for treatment of saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease. However, there remains ongoing debate on whether drug-eluting stents (DES) or bare-metal…
Abstract Background In the recent years percutaneous treatment of the left main stem (LM) has gained a precise role as a result of consistent scientific evidence vs. coronary artery bypass….
