A novel study shines a light on the physiological stress interventional cardiologists may encounter when performing complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. The study of five ...
Quebec City - A new meta-analysis of observational studies published in the July 2010 issue of the American Heart Journal suggest that recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) with a ...
In patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stenting demonstrated improved long-term survival and fewer cardiac arrests at one year. The ...
Operators performed closed-chest bypass before TAVI in a high-risk patient with decompensated HF due to a failing aortic ...
Patients diagnosed with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can benefit from a team approach to decision-making about revascularization, according to a newly released expert consensus from ...
Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Registry data show transradial access was used for most patients who underwent complex, high-risk PCI.
The primary efficacy endpoint of clinically-relevant bleeding, defined as BARC types 2, 3 or 5 bleeding, was assessed in the intention-to-treat population between one-month and twelve-months post-PCI ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiologists sometimes overstate the benefits of an invasive procedure for chronic angina and patients make decisions based on what cardiologists tell them. Symptoms of ...