Original Title: Safety and efficacy of everolimus-versus sirolimus-eluting stents: 5-Year results from SORT OUT IV. Reference: Jensen LO et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:751-762. Reassuring long term outcomes from SORT OUT IV confirm the safety and efficacy of second generation everolimus eluting stents (EES) over first generation DES. The difference at 5-year follow up...
Original Title: One-year Clinical and Computed Tomography Angiographic Outcomes after Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Implantation during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Prague-19 Study. Reference: Widimsky P et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12). Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Primary PCI is the most common course of treatment for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)...
Long-Term Outcomes with First vs. Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions. Nagendra R. Pokala. Catheterization and cardiovascular Intervention 2016;87:34-40 Courtesy of del Dr. Carlos Fava. Second generation DES have been proved superior to first generation DES in native arteries, but there is limited information on DES in saphenous vein grafts (SVG), from a...
Original Title: Drug-eluting balloon versus second-generation drug-eluting stent for the treatment of restenotic lesions involving coronary bifurcations. Reference: Toru Naganuma et al. EuroIntervention 2016;11:989-995 Courtesy of del Dr. Santiago F. Coroleu. PCI involving in-stent restenosis (ISR), especially in coronary bifurcations, is associated with high rates of recurrent restenosis and the need for new revascularization. Although drug...
Original Title: Clopidogrel versus Aspirin as an Antiplatelet Monotherapy after 12-Month Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy in the Era of Drug-Eluting Stents. Reference: Taek Kyu Park et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jan;9(1):e002816. Courtesy of Dr. José Amadeo Guillermo Álvarez. The use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) over 12 months after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or drug...
Original Title: Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Receiving an Oral Anticoagulant and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, a Comparison of Clopidogrel vs. Prasugrel from the TRANSLATE-ACS Study. Reference: Jackson L.R. et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 21;8(14):1880-9. Courtesy of Dr Agustín Vecchia. In these last years, new and more powerful antiaggregants have...
Original Title: Scaffold Thrombosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With ABSORB Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Reference: Michael J. Lipinski et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;9(1):12-24. The authors of this study carried out a systematic review and a meta-analysis to determine the thrombosis risk of the bioresorbable everolimus eluting scaffold ABSORB (Abbott...
Original Title: One-Year Outcomes Following Directional Atherectomy of Infrapopliteal Lesions: Subgroup Results of the Prospective, Multicenter DEFINITIVE LE Trial. Reference: Aljoscha Rastan, et al Journal Endovascular Therapy 2015;22:839-846 Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava Infrapopliteal peripheral vascular disease continues to rise, especially in patients with diabetes and kidney failure, usually presenting diffuse and fairly calcified lesions. Removing...
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, oncologists and internal medicine physicians guidance for treating patients facing concomitant cardiovascular disease and cancer. The document, “SCAI Expert Consensus Statement: Evaluation, Management, and Special Considerations of Cardio-Oncology Patients in the Cardiac Catherization Laboratory,” was released in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI),...
Original Title: Bleeding Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure Compared With Long-Term Warfarin A Pooled, Patient-Level Analysis of the WATCHMAN Randomized Trial Experience. Reference: Matthew J. Price et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2015. Online before print. The aim of this trial was to compare the relative risk of major bleeding after left atrial appendage closure...