Original title: Intravascular Ultrasound-Derived Minimal Lumen Area Criteria for Functionally Significant Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis. Reference: Seung-Jung Park et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2014;7(8):868-874. Deciding on a course of action when facing intermediate main left stenosis is usually challenging. We tend to overestimate the lesion or to use additional methods, other than angiography, to tip...
Original title: Comparative Outcomes After Unprotected Left Main Stem Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A National Linked Cohort Study of 5,065 Acute and Elective Cases From the BCIS Registry (British Cardiovascular Intervention Society). Reference: Sami S. Almudarra, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2014;7:717-30 Although myocardial revascularization surgery has long been the gold standard treatment for left main lesions, PCI has...
Original title: Impact of hemodialysis on local vessel healing and thrombus formation after drug-eluting stent implantation. Reference: Akihide Konishi, et al. Journal of Cardiology 2014;64:25-31 Even though the benefit of DES implantation to the general population is undeniable, it has been proved lower in hemodialysis patients (HD); the reason behind this phenomenon remains unclear. 121 patients received...
Original title: Evaluation of proximal protection devices during carotid artery stenting as the first choice for embolic protection. Reference: Hornung M et al. EuroIntervention. 2014; Epub ahead of print. This series of the Frankfurt CardioVascular Center included 124 consecutive patients undergoing carotid angioplasty with proximal protection. The first 92 patients received the Gore Flow Reversal System (WL Gore;...
Original title: Percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in routine clinical practice: early and midterm outcomes from the European multicentre GHOST-EU registry. Reference: Capodanno D et al. EuroIntervention. 2014 Jul 18. Epub ahead of print The GHOST-EU registry, that included 1189 patients from 10 European centers between 2011 and 2014, is now the largest registry...
Original title: Factors associated with vascular complications in patients undergoing balloon-expandable transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement via open versus percutaneous approaches. Reference: Kadakia MB et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014; Epub ahead of print. This retrospective study included 331 patients undergoing transfemoral TAVR in one center between 2007 and 2013. 64% of the population were treated with...
Original title: Pacemaker implantation following transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Impact on late clinical outcomes and left ventricular function. Reference: Urena M et al. Circulation. 2014 Mar 18;129(11):1233-43. The need for permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) is one of the most frequent complications associated with TAVI. Although data suggest that right ventricle stimulation has a potential negative impact, the...
Original title: Survival of Patients ≤50 Years Alter Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrofic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Reference: Josef Veselka, et al. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2014,30:634-638 Treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the surgical septal myomectomy nevertheless, currently arose several studies reporting a favourable evolution and comparable to surgery with septal ablation (AS). 75 patients under 50...
Original title: Stent thrombosis in new-generation drug-eluting stents in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI: a report from SCAAR. Reference: Sarno G et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;Epub ahead of print. This study evaluated 34147 consecutive patients suffering acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation included in the SCAAR registry (Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry) undergoing primary...
Original title: Drug-Eluting Balloons for the Treatment of the Superficial Femoral Artery In-Stent Restenosis. 2-Year Follow-Up. Reference: Vittorio Virga et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2014;7:411–5. Although the use of the self-expanding nitinol stent has improved angioplasty outcomes in femoropopliteal territory, restenosis remains a challenge still affecting at least 25% of the population in the first year....