Original title: Influence of Arterial Access Site Selection on Outcomes in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Are the Results of Randomized Trials Achievable in Clinical Practice? Reference: Mamas A. Mamas et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013. Article in press. Antithrombotic therapy has improved the prognosis of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by reducing ischemic events....
Original title: The Independent Value of a Direct Stenting Strategy on Early and Late Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Gabriel L. Sardi et al. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 81:949–956 (2013). The use of direct stenting (DS) without pre-stenting dilation has proven to be a safe strategy, especially with the...
Original title: Open Label, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of Intracoronary Adenosine or Nitroprusside Alter Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Prevention of Microvascular Obstruction in Acute Myocardial Infartion . The Reopen-AMI Study Reference: Giampaolo Niccoli, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013. Article in Press One of the challenges of PCI is to achieve the...
Original title: Use of clopidogrel with or without aspirin in patients taking oral anticoagulant therapy and undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial Reference: Dewilde WJ et al. Lancet. 2013 Mar 30;381(9872):1107-15 The question to answer was simple, relevant, and is increasingly frequent in everyday practice: what to do when a patient who is anticoagulated has...
Original title: One-Stop Hybrid Coronary Revascularization versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: Three-Year Follow-up Results from A Single Institution. Reference: Liuzhong Shen et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013. Article in press. Accepted Manuscript. A mammary bridge to anterior descending artery (LMCA) with a permeability >...
Original title: Is the difference in outcome between men and women treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention age dependent?: Gender difference in STMI stratified on age Reference: Amber M Otten et, al.European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care January 31:1-8 Numerous publications have shown that women have worse outcomes than men in chronic ischemic heart disease but their evolution...
Original title: Staged Versus One-time Complete Revascularization With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Patients Without ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Reference: Edward L. Hannan et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2013;6;12-20. There is evidence that in patients with multi-vessel disease affected by an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with ST segment elevation, only the cause lesion should be treated...
Original title: The Negative Impact of Incomplete Angiographic Revascularization on Clinical Outcomes and Its Association With Total Occlusions. The SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) Trial. Reference: Vasim Farooq et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:282–94 In patients with complex coronary artery disease who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, (CABG), or percutaneous transluminal...
Original title: Preinfarction Angina Reduces Infarct Size in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reference: Ronald Reiter et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013;6:00-00. Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is a phenomenon whereby transitory ischemia episodes protect the myocardium against a more prolonged episode. Until now, IPC has been the most effective approach to protect the myocardium. Pre infarction...
Original title: Long-term outcomes of fractional flow reserve-guided vs. angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary practice. Reference: Li J et al. Eur Heart J. 2013; Epub ahead of print Precision of the fractional flow reserve (FFR) to estimate the functional compromise of coronary stenosis and its ability to reduce events to decide PTCA, based on their outcome has...