Original Title: Long-Term Results of Everolimus-Eluting Stents versus Drug-Eluting Balloons in Patients with Bare-Metal In-Stent Restenosis 3-Year Follow-Up of the RIBS V Clinical Trial. Reference: Alfonso F. et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jun 27;9(12):1246-55. Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia. RIBS V 3 year follow up Stents have become the gold standard for...
Original Title: Early Intravenous Beta-Blockers in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction before Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Roolvink V et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jun 14;67(23):2705-15. The impact of endovenous beta-blockers before primary PCI has not been established yet. This is the first double blind multicenter trial, controlled with placebo, to...
Original Title: Optimal P2Y12 inhibitor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis. Reference: Rafique AM et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2016;9:1036–46. Courtesy of Dr. Alejandro Lakowsky. Researchers drew up a network meta-analysis incorporating 37 trials with more than 88,000 patients undergoing ST elevation...
Original Title: Aspiration thrombectomy prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in ST elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reference: Regina El Dib et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (2016) 16:121. Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato. Based on contradicting results obtained from different studies on the role of mechanical aspiration thrombectomy before PCI vs. PCI alone,...
Original Title: Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion of the coronary artery with implantation of bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffolds. Poznan CTO-Absorb Pilot Registry. Reference: Maciej Lesiak, et al EuroIntervention 2016;12:e144-e151 Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is a real challenge and have a success rate of around 80% with trained...
Now, you can read the Congress coverage in this newsletter. Go back to Rio for a few minutes! JUNE 15, 2016 COVERAGE Day 1 Opening day, a tribute to Dr. José Eduardo Sousa, the first to perform a coronary catheterization in Brazil, 50 years ago. Live cases and the Cleveland Clinic Symposium, “The year of...
Rio de Janeiro, June 9, 2016. Another great day at Solaci/SBHCI 2016. Early this morning, the TCT/GI2@SOLACI session –Percutaneous Coronary Intervention– was conducted at Cristo Redentor room by Dr. Ajay Kirtane (USA), who talked about contemporary PCI. Following this event, Dr. Roxana Mehran (USA), delivered an excellent presentation on the evolution of stents and highlighted...
Original Title: Meta-analysis of the long-term effect of routine aspiration thrombectomy in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Mancini JG et al. Am J Cardiol. 2016; Epub ahead of print. A large meta-analyzis confirms routine aspiration thrombectomy in the context of primary PCI has no clinical benefit and could increase the risk of...
Título original: Transulnar versus transradial access for coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Khagendra Dahal. Et al. Catheterization and cardiovascular Intervention 2016:87;857-865 Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Transradial access site (TRA) has been shown beneficial over the femoral (TFA), but there is little information on translunar access (TUA) that could...
Original Title: Effects of Age and Sex on Clinical Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Relative to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Triple Vessel Coronary Artery Disease. Reference: KyoheiYamaji et al. Circulation. 2016 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print]. Sex and age are factors that are often considered in the daily practice to decide...