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Author(s):
Elved B Roberts
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Nicholas D Palmer
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3 years ago
Late stent thrombosis has been a concern for interventional cardiologists since the early days of drug-eluting stent (DES) technology. Although the problem did not appear common, a series of angiographically documented late stent thromboses from the Thoraxcenter Rotterdam was published in 2004, sounding a cautionary, albeit non-alarmist, note.1 In 2005, a prospective observational cohort study of…
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Author(s):
Alberico L Catapano
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3 years ago
The strong positive correlation between plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and cardiovascular (CV) mortality has been documented beyond any doubt.1 A large body of trials aiming at reducing elevated LDL-C levels also shows that therapeutic intervention results in a proportional reduction of CV events independent of the type of intervention (i.e. diet versus drugs or…
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Author(s):
Matthew Price
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7 years ago
Author(s):
Giuseppe Sangiorgi
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Fabrizio Clementi
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Clarissa Cola
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3 years ago
Several independent lines of clinical evidence have shown that critical stenoses cause only a fraction of ACS. Rather, ruptures of a thin fibrous cap covering a large lipid-rich necrotic or superficial intimal erosion frequently trigger acute coronary thromboses at sites of non-critical narrowing of coronary arteries. This shift in thinking has fostered the notion of the so-called 'vulnerable' or…
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Author(s):
Heinz Joachim Büttner
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Masahisa Yamane
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Nicolaus Reifart
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et al
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3 years ago
Introduction and Objectives
A symposium, chaired by Dr Heinz Joachim Büttner of Freiburg-Bad Krozingen (Germany) and Dr Masahisa Yamane of St Luke’s International Hospital (Tokyo, Japan) took place at EuroPCR, Paris on May 23rd, 2014. Its objectives were as follows: to learn how to improve the success of percutaneous intervention (PCI) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) by matching techniques to…
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Author(s):
J Ribamar Costa Jr
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Alexandre Abizaid
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3 years ago
Coronary stenting is a percutaneous procedure intended to regain coronary artery patency overcoming the major limitations of balloon angioplasty: acute recoil and negative vessel remodelling.1–3 The first contemporary balloon-expandable stent was the Palmaz, immediately followed by an articulated variant known as the Palmaz-Schatz, the first stent to be tested in large multicentre trials (the…
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Author(s):
Luca Longobardo
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Alessio Mattesini
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Serafina Valente
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et al
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3 years ago
Coronary artery bifurcation lesions are treated in 15–20% of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures and are still plagued by worse outcomes.1 This is in spite of recent significant advancements in stent technology in general and in bifurcation stenting techniques in particular. Conventional angiography provides only limited information about bifurcation anatomy, plaque distribution…
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Author(s):
Adrian P Banning
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Giovanni Luigi De Maria
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3 years ago
Introduction
Detecting obstructive disease of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease is a relatively unusual occurrence in the catheterisation laboratory, as it accounts for approximately 4 % of all coronary angiograms, with isolated LMCA disease observed in only 5–10 % of these cases.1 Historically, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) represented the treatment of choice with a well…
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Treatment of Bifurcation Coronary Artery Disease with the Dedicated Cappella Sideguard® Stent
Author(s):
Mamas A Mamas
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Farzin Fath-Ordoubadi
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Stéphane G Carlier
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Kaoru Tanaka
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Amin Katouzian
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3 years ago
Most cases of myocardial infarction and stroke occur when a thrombus is formed on a previously stable plaque that ruptures.1 Persons at risk typically have no premonitory symptoms, and angiographic studies of coronary arteries in patients with non-fatal acute coronary syndromes (ACS) showed that most such events are due to rapid progression of mild, hemodynamically insignificant lesions.2–4…
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