Introduction: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is an effective method for revascularizing of stenotic coronary vessels. Lack of response to this treatment, either in symptomatic or asymptomatic patients, is usually due to incomplete revascularization, restenosis, and/or irreversibility of myocardial perfusion. Introduction of a noninvasive metho...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and safety of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Medline and Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 1996 to May 2011. STUDY SELECTION Randomised and non-randomised studies comparing enoxaparin with unfractionated heparin during perc...

To examine the cardiovascular adaptations and functional capacity (6 min walk test, rate of perceived exertion, resting heart rate, maximal systolic diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure) by giving Aerobic Exercises in Post Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty patients. The need for study is to know efficiency aerobic exercises post percutaneous transluminal coronary angiop...

There has been a growing trend toward percutaneous coronary angioplasty for complex coronary artery lesions. Stent or guidewire break off or trapping within the coronary artery lumen is a rare complication, but it may have fatal consequences. In such cases, the entrapped device may be removed by either percutaneous route or surgical exploration. Here, we report a patient with guidewire entrapme...

The effect of a history cancer on the prognosis patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is poorly understood.

Whether reduced-dose prasugrel has a better efficacy or safety than standard-dose clopidogrel remains unknown in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) with routine stenting of the culprit lesion has greatly improved short-term and immediate outcomes ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

There are evidence-based guidelines for staging of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, but we are not aware of any evidence comparing the strategy of complete revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention in the index admission versus the strategy of staging in a subsequent admission for patients with coronary artery diseas...

Four patients who had stenosis of a single major coronary artery which was treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty are described. Three had exercise induced myocardial ischaemia complicated by ventricular tachycardia, fibrillation, and sinus bradycardia, respectively. Asystole developed in a fourth patient who had spontaneous chest pain. After successful percutaneous translumi...

OBJECTIVE Percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents is challenging coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as the gold standard for treatment of three-vessel and left main coronary disease. We evaluated the current practice pattern in hospitals throughout Europe and USA. METHODS To qualify for participation in the SYNTAX (Synergy between PCI with TAXUS drug-eluting stent and ...