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Author(s):
Ricardo Boix-Garibo
,
Mohammed Mohsin Uzzaman
,
Vinayak Bapat
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3 years ago
Aortic valve replacement via full sternotomy is the gold standard surgical therapy for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and insufficiency.1 This procedure has proved to be reliable, reproducible, relieves symptoms and improves prognosis of the patients. Degenerative AS is the most frequently acquired valve disease in the elderly population. In the current era, aortic valve surgery is the…
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Author(s):
Inga Narbute
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Sanda Jegere
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Indulis Kumsars
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et al
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3 years ago
Coronary bifurcation disease is present in up to 15–20 % of lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and remains one of the outstanding challenges of treatment with PCI.1,2 PCI for coronary bifurcations is associated with more procedural complications and higher restenosis and adverse event rates than lesions in the body of the vessel.3–7 The introduction of drug-eluting stents…
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Author(s):
Inga Narbute
,
Sanda Jegere
,
Indulis Kumsars
,
et al
Added:
3 years ago
Abstract
Together with calcified lesions, saphenous vein grafts, chronic total occlusions and unprotected left main lesions, bifurcation lesions are complex lesions that remain among the outstanding challenges of treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention. Bifurcation lesions are associated with increased rates of procedural complications, restenosis and adverse events than lesions in the…
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Author(s):
Rajesh Kumar
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Jathinder Kumar
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Cormac O’Connor
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et al
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4 months ago
Author(s):
Fizzah A Choudry
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Roshan P Weerackody
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Daniel A Jones
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et al
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3 years ago
Over the last few decades, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has revolutionised the treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with rapid recanalisation of the infarct-related epicardial vessel, resulting in smaller infarct size and a substantial reduction in adverse clinical endpoints.1,2 However, suboptimal myocardial reperfusion is documented to occur in a…
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Author(s):
Alfredo Galassi
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Aaron Grantham
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David Kandzari
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et al
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3 years ago
Section A
Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions – Prevalence and Pathophysiology
A chronic total occlusion (CTO) is defined as a completely occluded coronary artery with no antegrade flow (thrombolysis in myocardial infarction [TIMI] 0 flow) for at least three months.1 CTOs are present in 15–30 % of patients undergoing coronary angiography.2–5 In a Canadian prospective registry of 14,439 patients…
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