Original Research | By K Mashayekhi, TG Nührenberg, A Toma et al.
OBJECTIVES - The aim of this study was to investigate whether percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) improves left ventricular function. BACKGROUND - The benefit of PCI in CTOs is still controversial. METHODS - Patients with CTOs who were candidates for PCI were eligible for the study and were randomized to PCI or no PCI ...
Original Research | By EK Oikonomou, M Marwan, MY Desai et al.
Original Research | By Stone GW, Généreux P, Harrington RA et al.
AIMS - In the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial, the potent, rapidly acting, intravenous platelet adenosine diphosphate receptor antagonist cangrelor reduced the 48-h incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE; death, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, or ischaemia-driven revascularization) compared with a loading dose of clopidogrel in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We sought to determine whether...
Original Research | By Dobre D, Kjekshus J, Rossignol P et al.
OBJECTIVE - To assess the relationship between heart rate (HR), pulse pressure (PP), and their association with mortality in a population of high-risk patients following acute myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS - We performed an analysis in 22,398 patients included in "The High-Risk Myocardial Infarction Database Initiative", a database of clinical trials...
Clinical Trial | By JJ Zhang, XF Gao, SL Chen et al.
BACKGROUND - Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is associated with less major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) compared with angiography guidance for patients with individual lesion subset. However, the beneficiary effect on MACE outcome of IVUS guidance over angiography guidance in all-comers who undergo DES implantation still remains understudied. ...
Original Research | By Madder RD, VanOosterhout SM, Jacoby ME et al.
AIMS - The present study explores the feasibility of telestenting, wherein a physician operator performs stenting on a patient in a separate physical location using a combination of robotics and telecommunications. METHODS AND RESULTS - Patients undergoing robotic stenting were eligible for inclusion. All manipulations of guidewires, balloons, and stents were performed robotically by a physician operator ...
Original Research | By Mintz GS1, Popma JJ, Pichard AD et al.
BACKGROUND - Target lesion calcium is a marker for significant coronary artery disease and a determinant of the success of transcatheter therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS - Eleven hundred fifty-five native vessel target lesions in 1117 patients were studied by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and coronary angiography. The presence, magnitude, location, and distribution of IVUS calcium were analyzed an...