Outcomes

Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Has Its Time Come?

11/26/2014

Rami N. Khouzam, MD¹; Mohamad Khaled Soufi, MD²; Ramy Nakhla, MD³; Srihari S. Naidu, MD⁴

Rami N. Khouzam, MD1; Mohamad Khaled...

Abstract: In the context of the rising health-care costs in the United States and the fact that approximately 1 million percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures are performed in the United States annually with a cost approaching...

Abstract: In the context of the...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Outcome of Patients on Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Coronary Artery Stenting: Data From Discharge to 12 Months in the Warfarin and Coronary Stenting (WAR-STENT) Registry

10/27/2014

Andrea Rubboli, MD¹; Francesco Saia, MD²; Alessandro Sciahbasi, MD³; Maria Letizia Bacchi-Reggiani, MSc²; Luigi Steffanon, MD⁴; Carlo Briguori, MD⁵; Paolo Calabr√≤, MD⁶; Cataldo Palmieri, MD⁷; Andrea Rizzi, MD⁸; Ferdinando Imperadore, MD⁹; Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, MD¹⁰; Marco Valgimigli, MD¹¹; Giuseppe Carosio, MD¹²; Giuseppe Steffenino, MD¹³; Marcello Galvani, MD¹⁵; Giuseppe Di Pasquale, MD¹; Luigi La Vecchia, MD¹⁴; Aldo P. Maggioni, MD¹⁶; Leonardo Bolognese, MD¹⁷; for the WARfarin and Coronary STENTing (WAR-STENT) Study Group

Andrea Rubboli, MD1; Francesco Saia,...

This study obtains further, and more focused, information on the efficacy and safety of three antithrombotic regimens prescribed to patients on oral anticoagulation undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation by...

This study obtains further, and...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Correlation Between Markers of Reperfusion and Mortality in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

10/27/2014

Sudhakar Sattur, MD; Bilal Sarwar, MD; Terrence J. Sacchi, MD; Sorin J. Brener, MD

Sudhakar Sattur, MD; Bilal Sarwar, M...

Early reperfusion improves STEMI outcomes. Reperfusion can be assessed using angiographic (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction flow grade or myocardial blush grade) or electrocardiographic markers (ST-segment recovery). Our aim was to...

Early reperfusion improves STEMI...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Advances in Vein Therapy

Perioperative Duplex Ultrasound Following Endothermal Ablation of the Saphenous Vein: Is it Worthless?

09/27/2014

Randolph Todd C. Jones, MD and Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, RPhS

Randolph Todd C. Jones, MD and Lowell...

The standard of care is to obtain a duplex ultrasound to evaluate for the presence of endothermal heat-induced thrombosis within the first 1-2 weeks after endothermic ablation of saphenous veins. We advocate against this routine practice in...

The standard of care is to...

09/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Transcatheter Aortic Valve-In-Valve Implantation: Clinical Outcome as Defined by VARC-2 and Postprocedural Valve Dysfunction According to the Primary Mode of Bioprosthesis Failure

09/27/2014

Barbara E. St√§hli, MD^1*; Markus Reinthaler, MD^2*; Thi Dan Linh Nguyen-Kim, MD³; Catherine Gebhard, MD¹; Hanna Tasnady, BSc¹; J√ºrg Gr√ºnenfelder, MD⁴; Volkmar Falk, MD⁴; Roberto Corti, MD¹; Thomas Frauenfelder, MD³; Thomas F. L√ºscher, MD¹; Willibald Maier, MD¹; Michael J. Mullen, MD²; Ulf Landmesser, MD¹

Barbara E. St√§hli, MD1*; Markus Rei...

Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is considered the standard treatment for symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) due to its excellent short- and long-term outcomes. The present study reports the University of Zurich and the University...

Surgical aortic valve...

09/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology