Plaque composition

Clinical and Industry News

04/29/2019

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that type IgG antibodies play an unexpected role in atherosclerosis. A study on mice shows that the antibodies stabilize the plaque that accumulates on the artery walls, which reduces...

Researchers at Karolinska...

04/29/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Comparison of Rotational Atherectomy, Plain Old Balloon Angioplasty, and Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty Prior to Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for the Treatment of Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions

09/02/2015

Michael Mahmoudi , MD, PhD;

Thibault Lhermusier , MD, PhD;

Sarkis Kiramijyan , MD;

Hideaki Ota , MD;

Fang Chen , PhD;

Ron Waksman , MD;

Lowell F. Satler , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

William O. Suddath , MD;

Rebecca L. Torguson , BS, MPH;

Wenjie Tian , MD;

This study compares the clinical outcomes of lesion preparation with rotational atherectomy, plain old balloon angioplasty, or cutting-balloon angioplasty in patients with heavily calcified coronary lesions who were treated with drug-eluting...

This study compares the clinical...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Patient-Related and Lesion-Related Outcomes After Real-World Fractional Flow Reserve Use

09/02/2015

Ju-Hee Lee , MD;

Jung-Kyu Han , MD, PhD;

Yun-Kyeong Cho , MD, PhD;

Seung-Ho Hur , MD, PhD;

Bon-Kwon Koo , MD, PhD;

Hyoung-Mo Yang , MD, PhD;

Sung Yun Lee , MD, PhD;

Hong-Seok Lim , MD, PhD;

Myeong-Ho Yoon , MD, PhD;

Hyo-Soo Kim , MD, PhD;

Seung-Jea Tahk , MD, PhD;

Joon Hyung Doh , MD, PhD;

Sang Hyun Park , MD;

Long-term clinical outcomes of real-world use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) have not been fully evaluated in the era of DES implantation. FFR-measured lesions (n = 1628) were divided according to treatment strategy selected after FFR...

Long-term clinical outcomes of...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

The Correlation Between Cigarette Smoking and Other Risk Factors With Coronary Stenosis Composition

07/30/2015

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Mukesh Gopalakrishnan , MD;

The role of traditional risk factors in the production of CAD is well recognized, but only recently have attempts been made to correlate how hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, and diabetes impact stenosis composition and plaque dynamics....

The role of traditional risk...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

What Was, What Is, and What Will Be!

07/30/2015

Gerald Dorros , MD, DSc, FACC, ScD;

Dr Dorros warns that in the current health-care climate, cardiologists face the danger of becoming mere technocrats, employed and dictated to by health-care executives, whose main focus is the financial bottom line. Cardiologists must remain...

Dr Dorros warns that in the...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Clinical Relevance of Poststent Fractional Flow Reserve After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

07/30/2015

Chang-Wook Nam , MD, PhD;

Hyumin Choi , MD;

June Namgung , MD, PhD;

Sung Uk Kwon , MD, PhD;

Bon-Kwon Koo , MD, PhD;

Jae-Jin Kwak , MD;

Sung Yun Lee , MD, PhD;

Joon Hyung Doh , MD, PhD;

Hyung-Yoon Kim , MD;

Won-Ho Choi , MD;

Won Ro Lee , MD, PhD;

The prognostic value of poststent fractional flow reserve (FFR) has not been clearly defined in patients with DES implantation. This study evaluates the association between FFR and clinical outcomes after DES implantation with IVUS...

The prognostic value of...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Plaque Composition and Dynamics

Determinants of Neointimal Proliferation and Stent Coverage After Intracoronary Therapy With Drug-Eluting Devices in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Interleukin-1 Family Cytokines

11/26/2014

Hans-Rainer Figulla , MD;

Sylvia Otto , MD;

Kristina Nitsche ;

Johannes Gassdorf ;

Florian Janiak ;

Björn Goebel , MD;

Tudor C. Poerner , MD;

Christian Jung , MD, PhD;

We used OCT to assess the influence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and levels of Il-1 cytokines on stent coverage and in-stent proliferation. A high EPC count seems to be a favorable individual patient factor, since it was...

We used OCT to assess the...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Tips and Techniques

Efficacy of Lacrosse NSE Using the ‚ÄúLeopard-Crawl‚Äù Technique on Severely Calcified Lesions

09/26/2013

Kazuhiro Ashida , MD;

Taichiro Hayase , MD;

Takayuki Shinmura , MD;

We report on the initial clinical use of the leopard-crawl technique for facilitating catheter delivery in cases of severely calcified lesions in which standard delivery was unsuccessful, while creating an efficacious scoring effect into the...

We report on the initial...

09/26/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology