Impact of incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients With multivessel coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Up to half of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) with conflicting data regarding optimal revascularization strategy in such patients.
Bagur, Rodrigo+12 more
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The Road to the Ideal Stent: A Review of Stent Design Optimisation Methods, Findings, and Opportunities [PDF]
Coronary stent designs have undergone significant transformations in geometry, materials, and drug elution coatings, contributing to the continuous improvement of stenting success over recent decades. However, the increasing use of percutaneous coronary intervention techniques on complex coronary artery disease anatomy continues to be a challenge and ...
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Bilaterally symmetrical congenital absence of radial artery: a case report [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The radial artery is used for the access of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as for coronary artery bypass surgery. Variations of upper limb arteries are common, however, congenital absence of radial artery
Jing-yuan Mao, Lei Shao, Ying Zheng
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Background Iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection is a rare but serious complication that can occur both during diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention.
Charalampos Varlamos+3 more
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Cardiovascular interventions have achieved a level of excellence, with many outstanding advanced techniques and results. The mission of the Japanese Association of Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT) is to further our understanding of ...
M. Sawano+9 more
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Percutaneous coronary intervention of a saphenous vein graft ostial stenosis in a patient with Bentall procedure [PDF]
Composite graft replacement of the aortic root and coronary reimplantation with or without coronary artery bypass surgery is the standard treatment for a variety of aortic root pathologies.
Mukhaini, Mohammed+1 more
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Standardizing the Definition and Analysis Methodology for Complete Coronary Artery Revascularization
Guideline‐based medical therapy is the foundation of treatment for individuals with coronary artery disease. However, revascularization with either percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting may be beneficial in patients with ...
Ziad A. Ali+12 more
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Measurement of Individual Alteration in Perioperative ECGs During Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [PDF]
The increasing availability of wearable electrocardiography (ECG) devices enables the continuous monitoring of individual ECG alterations. This could be beneficial for patients suffering from acute ischemia but with non-standard ECG findings that do not fit to the subject-independent and absolute thresholds defined in clinical guidelines. In this work,
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Elective percutaneous coronary intervention in the elderly patient [PDF]
Elderly patients account for an increasing number and proportion of patients requiring management of coronary artery disease. Whilst medical therapy remains the cornerstone of management, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to improve
Aggarwal+47 more
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Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous coronary intervention using second-generation drug-eluting stents with those of coronary artery bypass grafting among patients with multivessel disease and/or unprotected left main coronary ...
Kyriacos Papadopoulos+2 more
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