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Analysis of the incidence and influencing factors associated with binary restenosis of target lesions after drug-coated balloon angioplasty for patients with in-stent restenosis
BackgroundDrug-coated balloon (DCB) is a novel and effective device for coronary artery disease patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR). However, the...
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Outcome of a polymer-free drug-coated coronary stent in bifurcation lesions—Pilot registry with serial OCT imaging
BackgroundPolymer-free and carrier-free drug-coated stents (DCS) represent a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of coronary artery disease....
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Impact of directional coronary atherectomy followed by drug-coated balloon strategy to avoid the complex stenting for bifurcation lesions
Although the simple single stenting rather than complex double stenting is recommended on percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for bifurcation...
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Disease-Relevant Single Cell Photonic Signatures Identify S100β Stem Cells and their Myogenic Progeny in Vascular Lesions
A hallmark of subclinical atherosclerosis is the accumulation of vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC)-like cells leading to intimal thickening and...
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Epicardial fat volume evaluated with multidetector computed tomography and other risk factors for prevalence of three-vessel coronary lesions
PurposeTo retrospectively investigate the epicardial fat volume with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and other risk factors for the...
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The Greatly Under-Represented Role of Smooth Muscle Cells in Atherosclerosis
Purpose of ReviewThis article summarizes previous and recent research on the fundamental role of arterial smooth muscle cells (SMCs) as drivers of...
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Role of galectin-3 in diagnosis and severity assessment of epicardial artery lesions in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the possible role of serum galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels in the diagnosis and assessment of significant...
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White thrombi on optical coherence tomography after rotational atherectomy of severely calcified coronary lesions
PurposeRotational atherectomy (RA) has improved percutaneous treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions, but the “no-reflow” phenomenon remains...
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Association of LDL-C level with neoatherosclerosis and plaque vulnerability in patients with late restenosis: an optical coherence tomography study
Neoatherosclerosis (NA) is a significant contributor to late stent failure; however, predictors of late in-stent restenosis (ISR) with NA have not...
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Evaluation of Diabetic Kidney Lesions
In 2014, the American Diabetes Society and the American Society of Nephrology proposed a new concept of diabetes-related kidney disease―diabetic...
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Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of patients with IgA nephropathy and renal vasculitic lesions
BackgroundWe studied patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and compared those with and without renal vasculitic lesions (RVLs).
Methods ...
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How to Manage Calcified Chronic Total Occlusion Lesions
Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) have a high prevalence of calcium that increases with occlusion duration and is most prevalent in post-bypass native...
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Delayed stenosis regression after drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery lesions
Paclitaxel has the potential for inducing lumen enlargement by vessel enlargement, healing of dissection, and plaque regression. This study was...
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3-Year outcomes in patients with heavily calcified lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using cutting balloons
BackgroundPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of heavily calcified lesions (HCLs) is associated with higher complication rates and worse...
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Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Versus Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is a clinically heterogeneous entity, typically secondary to underlying vascular or parenchymal pulmonary conditions, such as...
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A large post-stenting intramural hematoma in the left anterior descending artery caused by a small intimal calcium spur; should we respect the calcium shape?
Coronary heavy calcification (HC) poses a sturdy challenge to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Scores considering calcification length,...
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Stenting of RCA Ostial Lesions
PCI of RCA ostial lesions has long posed a challenge for interventional cardiologists for the following two reasons: (1) the RCA ostium is too rigid...
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Unilateral Lung Removal in Combination with Monocrotaline or SU5416 in Rodents: A Reliable Model to Mimic the Pathology of the Human Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic and progressive disorder characterized by elevated mean pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular...
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bFGF blockade reduces intraplaque angiogenesis and macrophage infiltration in atherosclerotic vein graft lesions in ApoE3*Leiden mice
Intraplaque angiogenesis increases the chance of unstable atherosclerotic plaque rupture and thrombus formation leading to myocardial infarction....
