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Interventional Cardiology
2 Mins
10 Jul 2018

The MATISSE Study: Clinical Performance of Self-Apposing Stent for Left Main Disease

Recent randomised studies have shown that, when deploying the most commonly used stent, the outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
10 Jul 2018

Clinical and Angiographic Predictors of Late Lumen Growth in the Distal Vessel After Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularisation

Behind the technical difficulties involved in the percutaneous recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO), a complex scenario of…
Interventional Cardiology
2 Mins
10 Jul 2018

Influence of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with the New-Generation Devices on Mortality and Clinical Outcome Within 1 Year

Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI) is the most common complication after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). New-generation TAVI…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
10 Jul 2018

GISE Registry of Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation (GIOTTO): Epidemiology and Acute Results

The GISE Registry of Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation (GIOTTO) is a prospective Italian registry designed to collect current…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
10 Jul 2018

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Extremely Low Coronary Arteries

An 82-year-old female patient with a history of chronic heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II–III due to aortic stenosis was evaluated…
Interventional Cardiology
2 Mins
10 Jul 2018

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve: Long-Term Outcomes

The role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes has been firmly established…
Interventional Cardiology
1 Mins
10 Jul 2018

Dedicated Bifurcation Cobalt-Chromium Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in the Treatment of Distal Left Main Stenosis: Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of the Stent Healing Pattern

The optimal form of treatment for left main (LM) coronary artery disease, a form of atherosclerosis, is still debated. The aim of this study was to…
Hepatology
1 Mins
31 May 2018

Resolution of Ascites, Hepatic Encephalopathy, and Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus and Decompensated Cirrhosis Who Received All-Oral Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment

Worldwide, 185 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV);1 approximately 12% of these individuals have manifestations of decompensated…