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Interventional Cardiology
11 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Editor’s Pick: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Bifurcation Lesions: A State-of-the-Art Review of Techniques and Dedicated Devices

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become an integral step in the management of patients with ischaemic heart disease. Bifurcation lesions are…
Interventional Cardiology
2 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Slow-Speed Rotational Atherectomy in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Single-Centre Experience in 78 High-Risk Patients

Due to the expansion of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) indications to more challenging settings, the problem of referral of patients…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
30 Jun 2016

The Failing Right Heart: Implication and Evolution in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an effective therapeutic option in patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed at high…
Interventional Cardiology
13 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Evolution of Drug-Eluting Stent Drug Elution Profile: Is a Crystalline Drug Form the Ideal Solution?

Since its introduction into clinical practice, coronary angioplasty has seen game-changing advances incomparable to any other medical technology. In…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
30 Jun 2016

A Randomised Comparison Between Drug-Eluting Balloon and Conventional Balloon Angioplasty for Lesions in the Penile Artery in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction: The Perfect-4 Study

Pelvic arterial insufficiency is present in >70% of patients aged >50 years with erectile dysfunction. One-third of the pelvic arterial lesions are…
Interventional Cardiology
6 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Two-Stent Strategy? Which One to Choose? First Case Example

Optimal treatment of bifurcation lesions is still a major challenge for coronary intervention. A planned two-stent approach may be more appropriate when…
Interventional Cardiology
8 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Thrombus Aspiration

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction results from acute occlusion of a coronary artery. Mortality is high in this acute coronary syndrome…
Interventional Cardiology
2 Mins
30 Jun 2016

The Latest Cre8 Clinical Evidence in Diabetics Empowers Unique Amphilimus Formulation Efficacy: The Investigate Registry

The utilisation of drug-eluting stents (DES) has reached a large diffusion for treatment of coronary artery disease.1 However, patients with diabetes…
Interventional Cardiology
5 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Endovascular Treatment of Spontaneous Carotid Artery Dissection

Spontaneous carotid artery dissection (SCAD) is a common cause of ischaemic stroke in young patients. Though SCAD is usually defined as carotid artery…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
30 Jun 2016

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Hospitals with and Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery Department: Insights from the Prospective German Aortic Valve Replacement Quality Assurance Registry (AQUA) in 17,919 Patients

Performing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at hospitals with a cardiology, but no cardiac surgery (CS), department on-site is at great…