Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure
Clinical Trial | By Stone GW, Lindenfeld J, COAPT Investigators et al.
Original Research | By Murasato Y, Kinoshita Y, J-REVERSE investigators et al.
We investigated the effect of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) on the geometry of coronary bifurcationlesions. A total of 300 non-left main bifurcation lesions in 298 patients from J-REVERSE registry were classified according to statin treatment status at admission (NT, non-treated; ST, statin-treated) and were further subdivided based on LDL-...
Original Research | By Wang Y, Yang H, Marwick TH et al.
OBJECTIVES - This study sought to identify whether impaired global longitudinal strain (GLS), diastolic dysfunction (DD), or left atrial enlargement (LAE) should be added to stage B heart failure (SBHF) criteria in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. BACKGROUND - SBHF is a precursor to clinical heart failure (HF), and its recognition justifies initiation of cardioprotective therapy....
Stage B heart failure: management of asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
Original Research | By Fujimura T, Okamura T, Tateishi H et al.
AIMS - We evaluated the influence of the jailing configuration and guidewire rewiring position in front of the side-branch(SB) ostium before kissing balloon inflation (KBI) against side-branch ostial area (SBOA) at follow-up using 3D optical coherence tomography (3D-OCT). METHODS AND RESULTS - We retrospectively analysed the cases of the 37 consecutive patients who unde...
Intracoronary stenting without anticoagulation accomplished with intravascular ultrasound guidance
Open sesame technique in percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Clinical Case Study | By Kimura T, Nishibori Y, Miki K et al.
In patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), delays in reperfusion attenuate the benefit of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and associate with higher mortality rates. Although PCI operators are making their best effort in time saving for reperfusion, it is sometimes challenging and takes time to pass the guide wire across the target lesions. A totally occluded lesion in which a side branch w...
Clinical Trial | By Jakabcin J, Spacek R, Bystron M et al.
OBJECTIVE - To assess the role of the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) on long-term outcome in patients with complex coronary artery disease and high clinical risk profile with special attention to the development of late stent thrombosis (LST). METHODS - Two hundred and ten patients were randomly assigned to receive DES either with (N = 105) or w...
Clinical Trial | By Chieffo A, Latib A, Colombo A et al.
BACKGROUND - No randomized studies have thus far evaluated intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in the drug-eluting stent (DES) era. The aim was to evaluate if IVUS optimized DES implantation was superior to angiographic guidance alone in complex lesions. METHODS - Randomized, multicentre, international, open label, investigator-driven study evaluating IVUS vs angiographically guided DES implantation...
Clinical Trial | By Tian NL, Gami SK, Chen SL et al.
AIMS - This study sought to compare angiographic endpoints at one-year follow-up after a drug-eluting stent implantation guided by either intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) or angiography in patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS - Patients with at least one CTO lesion recanalised successfully were randomly assigned to the IVUS-guided or the angiography-guided group. T...