Does IVUS guidance of coronary interventions affect outcome? a prime example of the failure of randomized clinical trials.
There has been a decline in the role of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guiding stenting. IVUS has lost favor with interventional cardiologists largely due to the emergence of drug eluting stents (DES). The advent of DES […]

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DES editorial.
Thomas DM.
Clinical Director of Cardiothoracic Services, Guys and St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas\’ Hospital, London.

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Survival advantage in Medicare patients receiving drug-eluting stents compared with bare metal stents: Real or artefactual?
BACKGROUND:: Concerns have been raised regarding late mortality, particularly from late stent thrombosis, from drug-eluting stents (DES). Randomized clinical trials have shown that DES decrease restenosis but do not decrease mortality compared with bare metal stents (BMS). […]

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Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting balloons in percutaneous treatment of bifurcation lesions the DEBIUT (drug-eluting balloon in bifurcaton utrecht) registry.
OBJECTIVES:: To evaluate outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with a drug-eluting balloon catheter (paclitaxel-coated) in patients with coronary artery bifurcation lesions. BACKGROUND:: The current practice of provisional stenting of the main branch […]

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Stent strut fracture: Seeing is believing.
Carter AJ.
Cardiology Service and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, St. Peter\’s Hospital, Helena, Montana 59601.

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Stent fracture, an incidental finding or a significant marker of clinical in-stent restenosis?
BACKGROUND:: The predictors and clinical significance for stent fracture (SF) in drug-eluting stents (DES) remain unknown. We identified procedural factors leading to SF and its clinical consequences in DES. METHODS:: Percutaneous coronary interventions were performed on 3,920 patients with DES […]

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The paramount importance of 12-lead electrocardiography in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Zijlstra F.
University Medical Center Groningen.

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Prognostic value of ST-segment resolution after rescue percutaneous coronary intervention. Data from the RICO survey.
OBJECTIVES:: The goal of the present study was to test the impact of ST segment resolution (STR) after rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the short-term prognosis. BACKGROUND:: The prognostic value of STR after rescue PCI for acute […]

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\”Anti-healing\” versus \”pro-healing\”
Seth DA.
Max Heart and Vascular Institute, New Delhi, India.

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Percutaneous coronary intervention utilizing a new endothelial progenitor cells antibody-coated stent: A prospective single-center registry in high-risk patients.
OBJECTIVE:: To prospectively evaluate the outcome with circulating endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) capture stent implantation in a cohort of consecutive patients with high-risk angiographic and/or clinical features. BACKGROUND:: Genous R-stenttrade mark is a stainless steel […]

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