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4 Jul 2019

Aorto-Ostial Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: Results and Technical Implications

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of aorto-ostial coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) can be a particularly challenging lesion subset…
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4 Jul 2019

Impact of Right Ventricular Dysfunction on Outcomes after Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Valve Repair: Results from the TRIVALVE Registry

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with right-heart venous congestion and reduced forward stroke volume, which contributes to renal dysfunction…
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10 Jul 2018

BVS STEMI STRATEGY-IT: 1-Year Results Following a Pre-Specified Absorb Implantation Strategy in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) can represent a suitable scenario for the use of bioresorbable vascular scaffold technologies because…
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10 Jul 2018

BVS Expand: Registry Turns 5 Years Old and Brings First Real Long-Term Results for the Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Stent in Clinical Practice

The everolimus-eluting bioresorbable stent (BRS) Absorb BVS® (Abbott Vascular, Chicago, Illinois, USA), which is still considered the most widely…
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10 Jul 2018

Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Detects Improvements in Regional Left Ventricular Longitudinal Deformation After Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalisation

There is some controversy regarding left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) improvement after chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalisation. While a…
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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…
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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…
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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…