Original Research | By Choi KH, Song YB, Hahn JY et al.
OBJECTIVES - This study sought to determine whether intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance compared with angiographic guidance reduces long-term risk of cardiac death in patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND - Although IVUS is a useful tool for accurate assessment of lesion profiles and optimal stent implantation, there are limited data on long-term clinical...
Review Article | By Buccheri S, Franchina G, Capodanno D et al.
Consensus | By Onuma Y, Katagiri Y, Burzotta F et al.
Coronary artery bifurcation lesions comprise approximately 15-20% of all percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and constitute a complex lesion subgroup. Intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising adjunctive tool for guiding coronary bifurcation with its unrivalled high resolution. Compared to angiography, intravascular OCT has a clear advantage in that it depicts ostial lesion(s) in bifurcation without the misleading two-dimen...
Original Research | By WJ Stuijfzand, SP Schumacher, RS Driessen et al.
OBJECTIVES- The randomized clinical VANISH (Impact of Vascular Reparative Therapy on Vasomotor Function and Myocardial Perfusion: A Randomized [15O]H2O PET/CT Study) trial was conducted to assess quantitative myocardial blood flow (MBF) during resting, hyperemia, and cold pressor testing (CPT) with positron emission tomographic perfusion imaging after the implantation of a bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffold comp...
Clinical Trial | By Sotomi Y, Onuma Y, Dijkstra J et al.
AIMS - The natural course of post-procedural incomplete strut apposition (ISA) after the implantation of bioresorbable scaffolds (BVS) remains unknown. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the fate of post-procedural ISA after everolimus-eluting Absorb BVS in comparison with the second-generation everolimus-eluting cobalt chromium stent (CoCr-EES). METHODS AND RESULTS - F...
Original Research | By de la Torre Hernandez JM, Gonzalo N, Otaegui I et al.
AIMS - We sought to compare vascular healing with bioresorbable everolimus-eluting vascular scaffolds (BVS) and drug-eluting stents with bioabsorbable polymers (BP-DES) at six and 12 months both implanted in the same patients. METHODS AND RESULTS - This was a multicentre and prospective study including patients with at least two comparable lesions to treat. In every patient both BVS and BP-DE...
Original Research | By Mejía-Rentería H, Lee JM, van der Hoeven NW et al.
Coronary Physiology in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory