This study aimed to determine the effective doses of cardiologist, nurses, and technical staff in pediatric angiography laboratory during their diagnostic therapeutic applications. also compares radiation dose applications performed country with exposed on a world scale. A total 39 coronary (CA) + percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) methods were study. The received for each person sing...

Background Trapidil is an antiplatelet drug with specific platelet-derived growth factor antagonism and antiproliferative effects in the rat and rabbit models after balloon angioplasty. Methods and Results The Studio Trapidil versus Aspirin nella Restenosi Coronarica (STARC) is a multicentric, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effects of trapidil in angiographic restenosis prevention...

In a prospective evaluation of the safety of short-term observation after elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in 1,900 consecutive patients, 1 of 1,680 patients triaged to discharge after 4 hours of observation reached the primary end point of acute recurrent ischemia, 7 patients underwent repeat PTCA during 4 hours of observation, and 66 of 187 patients selected for ...

of the angioplasty segment between the concentric and eccentric lesion subgroups was not significant (analysis of variance) at any time after PTCA. The degree of vasoconstriction observed in the angioplasty segment of both the concentric and eccentric lesion subgroups were significantly greater than that of the control segment at 15 and 30 minutes after PTCA (p CO.01 and <0.005, respectively). ...

Background. Although the technical success rate of coronary angioplasty in the elderly is high, very old patients have increased risk of procedure-related death and late recurrence of severe angina. We proposed to determine baseline variables that predict early and intermediate-term failure of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients more than 65 so we could effectively...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the roles of intracoronary derived coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (single photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT) for management of an intermediate lesion in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. BACKGROUND Evaluation of the functional significance of intermediate coronary narrowings (4...

Background Trapidil is an antiplatelet drug with specific platelet-derived growth factor antagonism and antiproliferative effects in the rat and rabbit models after balloon angioplasty. Methods and Results The Studio Trapidil versus Aspirin nella Restenosi Coronarica (STARC) is a multicentric, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effects of trapidil in angiographic restenosis prevention...

Background Trapidil is an antiplatelet drug with specific platelet-derived growth factor antagonism and antiproliferative effects in the rat and rabbit models after balloon angioplasty. Methods and Results The Studio Trapidil versus Aspirin nella Restenosi Coronarica (STARC) is a multicentric, randomized, double-blind trial to assess the effects of trapidil in angiographic restenosis prevention...

Background Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are administered during percutaneous coronary intervention as a bolus followed by infusion. The need for an infusion was established by the Evaluation of 7E3 for the Prevention of Ischemic Complications (EPIC) trial conducted during the percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty (PTCA) era, when the threat of acute thrombotic comp...