The CTo-aBCDE score: A new predictor of success in chronic total occlusions
Introduction: Patient selection for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is crucial to procedural success. Our aim was to identify independent predictors of success in CTO PCI in order to create an accurate score ...
Joana Rigueira +15 more
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Same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention: A single center experience
Introduction and objectives: Elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become an increasingly safe procedure. However, same day discharge (SDD) has yet to become standard practice.
Alberto Rodrigues +7 more
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Initial experience with orbital atherectomy in a non-surgical center in Portugal
Introduction and objectives: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of severely calcified lesions is associated with a higher risk of procedural complications, suboptimal stent expansion, and in-stent restenosis.
Daniel Faria +7 more
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Patients with obstructive coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis have traditionally been managed with open heart surgery. In the era of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and high-risk coronary interventions many of those patients ...
Omar Ali +2 more
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Background: There are sparse data on the performance of different types of drug-eluting stents (DES) in acute and real-life setting. Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the safety and efficacy of first- versus second-generation DES in ...
Damian Kawecki +9 more
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Sex Differences in Outcomes of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Submitted to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. [PDF]
Milan VB +10 more
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Relationship between the Fibrinogen/Albumin Ratio and Microvascular Perfusion in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevated Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Study. [PDF]
Kaplangoray M +3 more
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Secondary Pharmacological Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease among Patients Submitted to Clinical Management, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. [PDF]
Lucca MB +5 more
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Recuperação Percutânea de Vegetação em Paciente Pediátrico com Persistência do Canal Arterial: Uma Nova Técnica para Evitar Toracotomia [PDF]
Resumo A endocardite infecciosa na população pediátrica é uma condição rara que pode ou não estar associada a uma cardiopatia congênita. As modalidades de tratamento atuais baseiam-se na antibioticoterapia de longo prazo e na ressecção cirúrgica como ...
Miguel Fabian Barrerra-Colín +2 more
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ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Importance of Local Data. [PDF]
Nicolau JC.
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