Original Title: Zilver PTX Post-Market Surveillance Study of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Treating Femoropopliteal Artery Disease in Japan 12-Month Results. Reference: Hiroyoshi Yokoi et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;9(3):271-277. This multicenter prospective study carried out in Japan assessed the paclitaxel eluting stent Zilver PTX in an unselected real world population very different to...
Original Title: Acute Limb Ischemia and Outcomes With Vorapaxar in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: Results From TRA2°P-TIMI 50. Reference: Marc P. Bonaca et al. Circulation. 2016 Mar 8;133(10):997-1005. Patients with peripheral artery disease have a high risk of acute limb ischemia, an event that may result in the loss of the affected limb. This...
JSHD | JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE The scope of the Journal of Structural Heart Disease includes all adults with structural and congenital heart diseases, including imaging related to interventional therapies in structural and congenital heart disease. Principal subjects of the journal include the aortic valve, the aortic arch, the mitral valve, the left atrial...
Original title: Drug-Coated Balloon Versus Standard Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for the Treatment of Superficial Femoral and Popliteal Peripheral Artery Disease 12-Month Results From the IN.PACT SFA Randomized Trial. Reference: Gunnar Tepe et al. Circulation. 2015;131:495-502. This interesting study randomly selected 331 patients with intermittent claudication or ischemic rest pain due to stenosis of the superficial femoral artery or...
Original title: Procedural Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Report From the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). Reference: Emanuel S. Brilakis, et al. JACC Cardiovascular Intervention 2015;8:245-53 Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are present in 20% to 50% of pathological coronary angiograms but, even though this percentage has increased in the past years, PCI is performed...
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: Comparative effectiveness of endovascular andsurgical revascularization for patients with peripheralartery disease and critical limb ischemia: Systematicreview of revascularization in critical limb ischemia. Reference: W Schuyler Jones, et al. (Am Heart J 2014; 167:167:489-498.e7) Lower limbs critical ischemia is the most severe condition of PAD. The morbidity, mortality and costs related thereto are well documented; however, the...
Original title: Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal-Artery Stenosis. CORAL trial. Reference: Christopher J. Cooper et al. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310753 Between 1 and 5% of the hypertensive population has renal artery stenosis and in general, this is combined with peripheral and coronary vascular disease. The renal artery stenosis may result in hypertension, ischemic nephropathy, and multiple long-term...
Original title: Treatment of Complex Atherosclerotic PoplitealArtery Disease With a New Self-Expanding Interwoven Nitinol Stent. 12-Month Results of the Leipzig SUPERA Popliteal Artery Stent Registry. Reference: Dierk Scheinert, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:65–71 Currently, peripheral angioplasty (PTA) of the popliteal artery is a real challenge since stent implantation is controversial and the outcome of balloon...