Lorenz Räber and Stephan Windecker Odyssey ? Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions : An Ongoing −

Intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary interventions: an ongoing Odyssey?

IVUS-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: An Ongoing Odyssey? Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation published online November 26, 2013; Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/11/26/CIRCULAT...

Impact of Diabetic Status on Outcomes After Revascularization With Drug-Eluting Stents in Relation to Coronary Artery Disease Complexity

Intracoronary imaging of coronary atherosclerosis: validation for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

While coronary atherosclerosis is a leading cause of mortality, evaluation of coronary lesions was previously limited to either indirect angiographic assessment of the lumen silhouette or post mortem investigations. Intracoronary (IC) imaging modalities have been developed that allow for visualization and characterization of coronary atheroma in living patients. Used alone or in combination, th...

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of stent thrombosis: a look beyond the HORIZON.

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred treatment for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) owing to improved vessel patency, decreased infarct size, lower rates of reinfarction, and improved survival compared with pharmacological reperfusion. However, stent thrombosis (ST) remains a major concern among STEMI patients with an excess 3to 4-fol...

Preprocedural High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

BACKGROUND Cardiac troponin detected by new-generation, highly sensitive assays predicts clinical outcomes among patients with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) treated medically. The prognostic value of baseline high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) elevation in SCAD patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary interventions is not well established. This study assessed the as...