Novel developments in revascularization for left main coronary artery disease
Editorial | By Carreras ET, Bhatt DL.
Please click on the "Article Link" on the right to get access to this article. Quotation "When PCI is used to treat LM bifurcation lesions, DK-CRUSH is the most reasonable evidence-based approach."
Classic crush and DK crush stenting techniques
Expert Opinion | By Zhang JJ, Chen SL.
Clinical data have supported the advantages of the double kissing (DK) crush technique, which consists of stenting the side branch (SB), balloon crush, first kissing, stenting the main vessel (MV) and final kissing balloon inflation, for complex coronary bifurcation lesions compared to other stenting techniques. Careful rewiring from the proximal cell of the MV stent to make sure the wire is in the true lumen of the SB stent is key to acquiri...
Clinical Trial | By RV Jeger, A Farrah, MA Ohlow et al.
BACKGROUND - Drug-coated balloons (DCB) are a novel therapeutic strategy for small native coronary artery disease. However, their safety and efficacy is poorly defined in comparison with drug-eluting stents (DES). METHODS - BASKET-SMALL 2 was a multicentre, open-label, randomised non-inferiority trial. 758 patients with de-novo lesions (<3 mm in diameter) in coronary vessels and an indication for...
Clinical Trial | By P Vranckx, M Valgimigli, P Jüni et al.
BACKGROUND - We hypothesised that ticagrelor, in combination with aspirin for 1 month, followed by ticagrelor alone, improves outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention compared with standard antiplatelet regimens. METHODS - GLOBAL LEADERS was a randomised, open-label superiority trial at 130 sites in 18 countries. Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with a biolimus A9-eluting stent...
Clinical Trial | By ASV Shah, A Anand, FE Stranchen et al.
BACKGROUND - High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays permit use of lower thresholds for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, but whether this improves clinical outcomes is unknown. We aimed to determine whether the introduction of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay with a sex-specific 99th centile diagnostic threshold would reduce subsequent myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death in patients with suspect...
Coronary CT Angiography and 5-Year Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Clinical Trial | By The SCOT-HEART Investigators.
BACKGROUND - Although coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) improves diagnostic certainty in the assessment of patients with stable chest pain, its effect on 5-year clinical outcomes is unknown. METHODS - In an open-label, multicenter, parallel-group trial, we randomly assigned 4146 patients with stable chest pain who had been referred to a cardiology clinic for evaluation to standard care plus CTA (2073 patien...
Imaging Coronary Anatomy and Reducing Myocardial Infarction
Editorial | By U Hoffmann, JE Udelson.
In 1998, the Journal published one of the early studies evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA), as compared with invasive coronary angiography, for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease. Subsequent studies have established that CTA has excellent sensitivity (95 to 99%) and high specificity (64 to 83%) for the detection of coronary stenoses of 50% or greater. ...
Clinical Trial | By Rampat R, Mayo T, Hildick-Smith D et al.
BACKGROUND - Limited information is available on the use of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) in bifurcations involving significant side branches. When treating bifurcation disease with metal stents, the recommendation is to choose a stent diameter based on the distal main vessel diameter. Whether this sizing strategy is applicable to BVS is currently unknown. METHODS - We randomised 37 patients underg...