Giovanni M. Vescovo, MD

Provisional stenting was considered the preferred technique for LM bifurcation PCI due to the supposed lower risks of thrombosis and restenosis. However, recent studies showed potential advantages of double kissing-crush technique over the...

Provisional stenting was...

04/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Optimal Stent Design for High Bleeding Risk Patients: Evidence From a Network Meta-Analysis

03/01/2021

Giovanni M. Vescovo , MD;

Juan Guido Chiabrando , MD;

Marco Lombardi , MD;

Massimiliano Camilli , MD;

Marco Giuseppe Del Buono , MD;

Krishna Ravindra , MD;

Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai , MD, PhD;

Rocco Antonio Montone , MD;

Giampaolo Niccoli , MD, PhD;

Polymer-free (PF) drug-eluting stent (DES) devices have a proven benefit over bare-metal stent (BMS) devices in previous trials. It is unknown, however, whether polymer-based (PB)-DES devices are as safe as PF-DES devices.

Polymer-free (PF) drug-eluting...

03/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Balloon-Assisted Crossing of a Severely Calcified Aortic Valve During Transcatheter Balloon-Expandable Bioprosthesis Implantation

09/01/2022

Marco Barbierato , MD;

Francesco Gallo , MD;

Gianpiero D'Amico , MD, PhD;

Giovanni M. Vescovo , MD;

Federico Ronco , MD;

A 91-year-old man presented with syncope secondary to severe aortic stenosis. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a calcified stenotic trileaflet aortic valve with a mean gradient of 60 mmHg.

A 91-year-old man presented with...

09/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology