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7 Jul 2015

Treatment of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation via Percutaneous Annuloplasty

Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) is a common occurrence in patients with heart failure (HF). FMR is associated with as much as a 2-fold increase in…
4 Jul 2014

Review: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved as a routine therapeutic option to treat elderly and high-risk patients with symptomatic…
4 Jul 2014

Coronary Stent Evolution – From Pathology to Clinic

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The pathogenesis of CAD relates to the presence of…
4 Jul 2014

New Generations of Drug-Eluting Stents – A Brief Review

This review focuses on describing new generations of drug-eluting stents (DES) based on the use of novel stent platforms, coatings, and carrier systems…
4 Jul 2014

Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in developed countries. Currently, when suitable autologous tissue is…
4 Jul 2014

Current Status And Future Perspectives On Drug-Eluting Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffolds: Will The Paradigm Of PCI Shift?

Despite improvements in stent platform, polymer, and drug elution, the permanent metallic stents have significant limitations as they distort vessel…
4 Jul 2014

Coronary Artery Bifurcation Lesions: A Review of Contemporary Techniques in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Percutaneous intervention of coronary bifurcation lesions continues to challenge interventional cardiologists. Nonetheless, the past decade has seen an…
4 Jul 2014

Coronary Bifurcation Disease and Bifurcation Stenting: A Practical Approach

Approximately 20% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are performed to treat coronary bifurcations. PCIs in bifurcation lesions have been…