Percutaneous Treatment and Outcomes of Small Coronary Vessels: A SCAAR Report
Original Research | By A Silverio, S Buccheri, G Sarno et al.
OBJECTIVES - The aim of this study was to investigate the outcomes of patients with de novo lesions in small coronary vessels undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-coated balloons (DCBs) or newer-generation drug-eluting stents (n-DES). BACKGROUND - Notwithstanding the available evidence from a few randomized clinical trials and meta-analyses, the best device for...
Asia Pacific Consensus Document on Coronary Bifurcation Interventions
Effect of Smoking on Outcomes of Primary PCI in Patients With STEMI
Original Research | By B Redfors, A Furer, GW Stone et al.
BACKGROUND - Smoking is a well-established risk factor for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); however, once STEMI occurs, smoking has been associated with favorable short-term outcomes, an observation termed the “smoker’s paradox.” It has been postulated that smoking might exert protective effects that could reduce infarct size, a strong independent predictor of worse outcomes after STEMI. ...
Review Article | By JGE Zelt, RA deKemp, BH Rotstein et al.
Abnormalities in the cardiac sympathetic nervous system have been documented in various heart diseases and have been directly implicated in their pathogenesis and disease progression. Noninvasive techniques using single-photon-emitting radiotracers for planar scintigraphy and single-photon emission computed tomography, and positron-emitting tracers for positron emissions tomography, have been used to characterize the cardiac sympathetic nervous s...
Relationship between fractional flow reserve value and the amount of subtended myocardium
Clinical Case Study | By MTsujimoto ; Y Kawase; M Kadotani et al.
The Science Underlying COVID-19: Implications for the Cardiovascular System
Original Research | By MW Krucoff , P Urban, J-F Tanguay et al.
BACKGROUND - High bleeding risk (HBR) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have been widely excluded from randomized device registration trials. The LF study (LEADERS FREE) reported superior outcomes of HBR patients receiving 30-day dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention with a polymer-free drug-coated stent (DCS). LFII was designed to assess the reproducibility and gene...
Review Article | By B Bikdeli, MV Madhavan, D Jimenez et al.
Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic