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Predictors of long-term adverse outcomes after successful chronic total occlusion intervention: physiology or morphology?
Quantitative flow ratio (QFR) and target-vessel SYNTAX score (tvSS) are novel indices used to assess lesion physiology and morphology in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Their prognostic implication a...
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Clinical outcomes of single- versus two-stent PCI technique in severely calcified true bifurcation lesions after rotational atherectomy
Severely calcified coronary bifurcations complicate percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and often necessitate dedicated lesion preparation. We compared the outcomes of single- versus two-stent techniques...
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Open AccessTen-year Durability, Hemodynamic Performance, and Clinical Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using a Self-expanding Device
The expansion of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to low-risk and younger patients has increased the relevance of the long-term durability of transcatheter heart valves (THV). The present study a...
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Open AccessRotational atherectomy of calcified coronary lesions: current practice and insights from two randomized trials
With growing experience, technical improvements and use of newer generation drug-eluting stents (DES), recent data showed satisfactory acute and long-term results after rotational atherectomy (RA) in calcified...
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Complex vs. non-complex percutaneous coronary intervention with newer-generation drug-eluting stents: an analysis from the randomized BIOFLOW trials
Patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at higher risk of adverse outcomes, but data are scarce in the era of newer-generation coronary stents.
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Open AccessImaging-Guided Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Decompensated Severe Aortic Stenosis with Acute Renal Impairment
An 82-year-old woman with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) and a significant proximal right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis presented with decompensated heart failure and acute kidney injury. She was treated w...
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Feasibility and safety of minimal-contrast IVUS-guided rotational atherectomy for complex calcified coronary artery disease
To assess the feasibility and safety of minimal-contrast percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using rotational atherectomy (RA) in patients with severe coronary calcification at high-risk of contrast-assoc...
