Coronary Disease - PCI

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Commentary: What Matters More—Method of Revascularization or Completeness?

April 24, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This commentary succinctly reviews the 2021 coronary revascularization and the 2023 chronic coronary disease guidelines with relation to use of PCI and CABG in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and ejection fraction (EF) less than or...

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Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction After Left Main Revascularization: The EXCEL Trial

March 26, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this pre-specified analysis of the EXCEL trial, 1,882 patients with left main disease underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=952) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=930). At five years,...

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Percutaneous vs. Surgical Revascularization of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Multivessel Disease: The SWEDEHEART Registry

March 6, 2025 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

The debate continues over long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs. coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel disease. This study,...

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Commentary: What Matters More—Method of Revascularization or Completeness?

April 24, 2024 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This commentary succinctly reviews the 2021 coronary revascularization and the 2023 chronic coronary disease guidelines with relation to use of PCI and CABG in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and ejection...

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Coronary Plaque Sampling Reveals Molecular Insights Into Coronary Artery Disease

August 7, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

In a research letter on a small pilot genomic study of sampling coronary atheroma, the authors offer a brief explanation on how their technique can be applied to detect stability...

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Practicing for Emergencies in the Cath Lab: The REACT Protocol

July 1, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This is a video on how the authors are working as a team to improve the outcomes of people who arrest or have an acute emergency in the catheterization laboratory...

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Magnetic Resonance Perfusion or Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Disease

June 27, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An interesting small British-led randomized controlled trial on modern imaging of coronary atheroma.

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Silent Brain Infarcts Following Cardiac Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

May 15, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An interesting metanalysis, especially: The ad hoc results of off-pump surgery. The mean number of silent brain infarcts per patient was significantly higher in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation group...

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Antibody-Based Ticagrelor Reversal Agent in Healthy Volunteers

May 14, 2019 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

Ticagrelor (Brilinta), an oral P2Y12 inhibitor, is an agent used in combination with aspirin for dual antiplatelet therapy after coronary interventions. It’s antiplatelet function cannot be reversed by platelet transfusion....

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PCI and CABG for Treating Stable Coronary Artery Disease

March 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An important review in a mainstream periodical read by cardiologist colleagues.

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ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

February 16, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), along with...

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In Global News: Transplant Art, National Donor Day, and PCI After CABG

February 15, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest The Donor Alliance observes National Donor Day on February 14th in the US, encouraging people to #StartTheConversation about being an organ donor with their families....

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2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization

January 16, 2019 | Claire Vernon

The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Cardiology have, for the third time, brought together cardiac surgeons and cardiologists to draft a document on the treatment...

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