DAPT After Stenting in Stable and Acute Coronary Syndromes- Does the Drug Combination Really Matter?
Stable CAD ACS Usual TR High TR/low BR Usual TR High TR Usual BR High BR Usual BR High BR Clopidogrel +++ +++ + ++ – ++a Prasugrel –…
Coronary Stenting Remains the First Revascularization Option in Most Patients with a Clinical Indication for Myocardial Revascularization
Crude event rates % Kaplan-Meier estimates % Variables PCI (n = 1518) CABG (n = 1533) p PCI (n = 1518) CABG (n = 1533) HR (95 % CI) p Death 8.5(129/1518) 8.2 (125/1533) 0.74 8.5 8.2…
CT Angiography Versus Routine Stress Testing for Patients with Chest Pain Seen in the Emergency Room to Exclude Significant Coronary Artery Disease
Fig. 7.1 Acute chest pain with normal ECG in a 55 year old female with hypertension and hypercholesterolemia as coronary risk factors. The patient is rapidly discharged after computed tomography…
Editorial Comments on the Chapters
(1) Chief of Cardiology, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA (2) Department of Medicine, UCSF Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA, USA (3) Cardiac Unit, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Revista Argentina…
Advanced and Expensive Cardiovascular Procedures in the Very Elderly–Can We or Should We Limit Access?
(1) Department of Cardiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA Pranav Kansara Email: pkansara@christianacare.org Abstract With the increasing proportion of elderly patients in the population, physicians are often…
Radial and Femoral Access in Percutaneous Intervention
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015John A. Ambrose and Alfredo E. Rodríguez (eds.)Controversies in Cardiology10.1007/978-3-319-20415-4_24 24. Radial and Femoral Access in Percutaneous Intervention Francesco Costa1, 2 and Marco Valgimigli3, 4 (1) Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus…
Medical and Invasive Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients on Anticoagulants
American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Diabetes Association (ADA) [22] 1. Aspirin is reasonable in diabetic patient whose 10 year risk of events is >10 % and who…
Invasive Management in CAD Patients with Stage 4 Renal Dysfunction or on Dialysis
Fig. 19.1 Impact of renal impairment on cardiovascular outcomes Patients with CKD are predisposed towards more complex CAD, with a higher prevalence of multivessel disease, proximal or left main disease…
Chest Pain in Women: Evaluation and Management
Distribution: jaw, neck, back, arm, abdomen, left chest Onset: at rest, during sleep, post-prandial, during mental stress Character: sharp, stabbing, fleeting Associated symptoms: nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dyspnea, palpitations, indigestion, sweating,…
Optimal Management of Multivessel CAD: PCI Versus CABG Surgery Versus Medical Therapy Alone
17. Mancini GB, Hartigan PM, Shaw LJ, et al. Predicting outcome in the COURAGE trial (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation): coronary anatomy versus ischemia. JACC Cardiovasc Interv….
