Original title: Validation and Comparison of the Long-Term Prognostic Capability of SYNTAX Store-II Among 1528 Consecutive Patients Who Underwent Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Bo Xu, et al. JACC Cardiovascular Intervention 2014;7:1128-37. The SYNTAX angiography score is useful when deciding revascularization in multivessel, but with the addition of clinical variables in the second version, SYNTAX score...
References: Matthew Nayor et al. Contemporary Approach to Paradoxical Embolism. Circulation. 2014;129:1892-1897. Marco Hernandez-Enrıquez et al. Current Indications for Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2014;67(8):603–607. The debate on patent foramen ovale behavior in different clinical contexts remains open, no pun intended. Based on numerous observational studies and expert recommendations, when facing the...
Original title: Variation in patients’ perceptions of elective percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease: cross sectional study. Referencia: Kureshi F et al. BMJ. 2014;Epub ahead of print. This study included 991 consecutive patients with stable coronary disease undergoing elective PCI in 10 university and community centers between 2009 and 2011. After procedure, patients were asked a...
Original title: Survival of transcatheter mitral valve repair compared with surgical and conservative treatment in high-surgical-risk patients. Reference: Swaans MJ et al. J Am CollCardiolIntv. 2014;7:875-881. In high-surgical-risk patients with symptomatic severe mitral valve regurgitation, MitraClip for transcatheter mitral valve repair and surgery showed similar survival rates in addition to superiority when compared to standard medical treatment. This...
Original title: Three-Year Outcomes After Revascularization With Everolimus-and Sirulimus -Eluting Stents From the SORT OUT IV Trial. Reference: Lisette Okkels Jensen et al. J Am CollCardiolIntv, 2014;7: 840-8. Drug eluting stents (DES) have been shown to safely and effectively reduce restenosis compared to bare-metal stents. While the risk of thrombosis remains a matter of concern when it comes...
Original: Direct drug-eluting Stenting to reduce stent reestenosis (STRESSED). Reference: Wouter S. Remkes et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv, 2014;7: 751-8. Direct stenting, without predilation, has been considered a safe and effective technique that reduces procedural time, radiation exposure, contrast material and costs; however, the pertinent studies tested conventional stents only. This study aimed at assessing whether...
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: Impact of an invasive strategy on five years outcomein men and women with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes. Reference: Joakim Alfredsson et al. Am Heart J. 2014;Epub ahead of print. This meta-analysis included patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS) from randomized studies FRISC II, ICTUS and RITA 3 and compared the routine invasive strategy...