AIMS To investigate the effect on risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) of lipid lowering treatment with fluvastatin 80 mg/day after a first percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable and unstable angina. METHOD AND RESULTS This prespecified subgroup analysis of the LIPS (Lescol intervention prevention study) analysed 1658 patients with documented diagnosis; 824 had unst...

conclusion: post-procedure hemoglobin dropping may be considered as a predictor of cardiac adverse outcome in patients undergoing pci. we suggest that a good bleeding control during and after the procedure can reduce the risk of cardiac enzyme elevation post-procedurally. results: all categories divided by cardiac enzyme status either in positive or in negative groups were classified in non-ane...

BACKGROUND Data on the clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main artery (LMCA) in patients with acute syndrome (ACS) are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to assess outcome ACS who underwent PCI LMCA culprit lesion.Methods and Results:Of 1,809 enrolled Assessing Optimal Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (AOI-LMCA) registry (a retrospective 6-cen...

INTRODUCTION A number of studies reported on a possible increased risk of morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing the outcome of patients undergoing coronary surgery with or without prior percutaneous coronary intervention was performed. Only stud...

The era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has led to substantial changes in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes and stable coronary heart disease, with an associated range of impacts on the course and outcomes of subsets of patients with these conditions. Interventional cardiology has moved from percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), with or withou...

percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of coronary bifurcation lesions is associated with increased risk for complications. the goal of this manuscript is to review the currently available classifications for coronary artery bifurcation lesions with a guide to the use of specific coronary bifurcation techniques based on lesion characteristics

BACKGROUND The prevalence of subclinical, cardiac troponin I (cTnI) elevation in stable patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention and its relationship to culprit lesion characteristics assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT) are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 206 native de novo culprit coronary lesions from 206 patients with stable angina pectoris who und...