科学研究 - The Left Main and Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesion Summit (CBS)

Canadian SCAD Cohort Study: Shedding Light on SCAD From a United Front

Expert Opinion | By Calvin Ka Wing Tong, MD; Dr. Jacqueline W. L. Saw, MD, FACC

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of myocardial infarction (MI), particularly affecting young women. It is defined as a non-traumatic, non-iatrogenic, and non-atherosclerotic separation of the coronary arterial wall by intramural hematoma, resulting in a false lumen with or without intimal tear. Intramural hematoma can accumulate between any arterial layer (intima, media, or adventitia) an...

Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of In-Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Original Research | By F Alqahtani, KM Ziada, V Badhwar et al.

BACKGROUND - Post-operative acute coronary ischemia is an uncommon complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, data on the incidence and outcomes of early coronary ischemia and in-hospital percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) after CABG are scarce. OBJECTIVES - The aim of this study was to assess the incidence, predictors, and outcomes of early (in-hospital) PCI following C...

Major Bleeding Rates in Atrial Fibrillation Patients on Single, Dual, or Triple Antithrombotic Therapy

Original Research | By van Rein N, Heide-Jørgensen U, Lijfering WM et al.

Mediterranean Diet and the Association Between Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk

Original Research | By Lim CC, Hayes RB, Ahn J et al.

BACKGROUND - Recent experimental evidence suggests that nutritional supplementation can blunt adverse cardiopulmonary effects induced by acute air pollution exposure. However, whether usual individual dietary patterns can modify the association between long-term air pollution exposure and health outcomes have not been previously investigated. We assessed, in a large cohort with detailed diet information at the individual level, whethe...

Digital learning and the future cardiologist

Original Research | By Rosselló X (representing Young Cardiologists), Stanbury M (representing the Patient Engagement Team), Beeri R (representing National Training Directors), Kirchhof P (ESC Education Committee Chair), Casadei B (ESC President), Kotecha D (ESC Education Committee Conference Lead); 5th ESC Education conference.

Optical coherence tomography and C-reactive protein in risk stratification of acute coronary syndromes

Original Research | By Fracassi F, Niccoli G, Vetrugno V et al.

BACKGROUND - Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) associated to high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels exhibit a higher risk of future acute ischemic events. Yet, the positive predictive value of CRP is too low to guide a specific treatment. Our study aims to identify a high-risk patient subset who might mostly benefit from anti-inflammatory treatment on the basis of the combination of optical coherence tomography ...

Long-term Survival following Multivessel Revascularization in Patients with Diabetes (FREEDOM Follow-On Study)

Original Research | By Farkouh ME, Domanski M, FREEDOM Follow-On study investigators.

BACKGROUND - The FREEDOM trial demonstrated that for patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and multivessel coronary disease (MVD), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is superior to percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents (PCI-DES) in reducing the rate of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events after a median follow-up of 3.8 years. It is not known, however, whether CABG con...

Circadian-Regulated Cell Death in Cardiovascular Diseases

Original Research | By Rabinovich-Nikitin I, Lieberman B, Martino TA et al.

Frequency, Regional Variation, and Predictors of Undetermined Cause of Death in Cardiometabolic Clinical Trials: A Pooled Analysis of 9259 Deaths in 9 Trials

Original Research | By Fanaroff AC, Clare R, Pieper KS et al.

Classification of Deaths in Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns

Editorial | By Morrow DA, Wiviott SD.