introduction: the precise time of using percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) after fibrinolytic therapy for maximum efficiency and minimum side effects is still undetermined. therefore, the present study was designed to compare the outcome of myocardial infarction (mi) patients who underwent surgical intervention (angiography and pci) within 48 hours of thrombolytic therapy or after that. m...

Over the last three decades, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) technology has revolutionized the field of cardiology. PCI began in the form of balloon angioplasty, and was followed by coronary stenting. In-Stent restenosis is the main limitation of coronary stenting, and has been delayed to some extent by the development of drug eluting stents. Coronary angioplasty with stenting is curre...

Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is the treatment of choice in unprotected left main coronary artery disease (ULMCA). However drug eluting stent (DES) implantations in ULMCA have ushered a revolution in the field of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for left main coronary artery (LMCA) by reducing peri-procedural mortality and incidence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). More ...

Stent under expansion is one of the reasons compromising outcomes percutaneous coronary interventions. The most common cause stent calcium deposited in atherosclerotic plaque. Adequate plaque modification paramount before placement a stent, as options to handle expanded are limited and less effective. In this case report, we explore usage knuckle wire for extrastent modification, after being fa...

Coronary bifurcation is defined by the European Bifurcation Consensus as a coronary artery stenosis adjacent to origin of significant side branch. Its anatomy composed 3 different segments: proximal main vessel, distal vessel and lesions are encountered in approximately 15–20% all percutaneous interventions constitute complex subgroup characterized lower procedural success rates higher adverse ...