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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Talha Ahmed, Homam Moussa Pacha, Antoine Addoumieh, Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Juhee Song, Konstantinos Charitakis, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Cindy Grines, Cezar A. Iliescu
Summary: This study compared the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using bare metal stents (BMS) vs. drug-eluting stents (DES) in cancer patients. The results showed that there were similar rates of revascularizations and survival between the BMS and DES groups.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Na Xu, Lin Jiang, Yi Yao, Jingjing Xu, Ru Liu, Huanhuan Wang, Ying Song, Lijian Gao, Zhan Gao, Xueyan Zhao, Bo Xu, Yaling Han, Jinqing Yuan
Summary: This study compares the clinical outcomes of using biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) and durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) in complex percutaneous coronary intervention (CPCI). The results show that both CPCI and non-CPCI patients have a risk of adverse events in the mid- to long-term, and the effects of BP-DES and DP-DES differ in CPCI patients.
CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
J. J. Coughlan, Lorenz Raber, Salvatore Brugaletta, Sebastian Kufner, Michael Maeng, Lisette Okkels Jensen, Luis Ortega-Paz, Sarah Bar, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Morten Madsen, Dik Heg, Alp Aytekin, Stephan Windecker, Kevin Kris Warnakula Olesen, Manel Sabate, Adnan Kastrati, Salvatore Cassese
Summary: This study analyzed the long-term follow-up outcomes of patients receiving drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation and found that female patients have an increased risk of early myocardial infarction but no difference in cardiovascular mortality compared with male patients. Additionally, female patients require fewer repeat revascularizations during the follow-up period.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hyo-Soo Kim, Jeehoon Kang, Doyeon Hwang, Jung-Kyu Han, Han-Mo Yang, Hyun-Jae Kang, Bon-Kwon Koo, Seok Yeon Kim, Keun-Ho Park, Seung-Woon Rha, Won-Yong Shin, Hong-Seok Lim, Kyungil Park, Kyung Woo Park
Summary: The study demonstrated that in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) were noninferior to biodegradable polymer DES (BP-DES) in terms of patient-oriented composite outcomes at 12 months after percutaneous coronary intervention.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Valentino Bianco, Suresh Mulukutla, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Danny Chu, David Kaczorowski, Johannes Bonatti, Pyongsoo Yoon, Dustin Kliner, Catalin Toma, Yisi Wang, Steve Koscumb, Floyd Thoma, Forozan Navid, Derek Serna-Gallegos, Ibrahim Sultan
Summary: This study compares the outcomes of multiarterial grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with multivessel coronary disease. It found that multiarterial grafting is associated with fewer adverse events, improved survival, and reduced hospital readmissions for appropriate patients.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ridhima Goel, Davide Cao, Rishi Chandiramani, Anastasios Roumeliotis, Moritz Blum, Deepak L. Bhatt, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Junbo Ge, Ashok Seth, Shigeru Saito, Mitchell Krucoff, Ken Kozuma, Rajendra M. Makkar, Sripal Bangalore, Lijuan Wang, Kai Koo, Franz-Josef Neumann, James Hermiller, Giulio Stefanini, Marco Valgimigli, Roxana Mehran
Summary: In patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing PCI, the presence of bleeding risk factors is associated with a higher risk of both ischemic and bleeding events, while commonly used features of ischemic risk do not impact long-term clinical outcomes.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong Zhu, Kesen Liu, Maolin Chen, Yan Liu, Ang Gao, Chengping Hu, Hong Li, Huagang Zhu, Hongya Han, Jianwei Zhang, Yingxin Zhao
Summary: The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is positively associated with in-stent restenosis (ISR) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Higher TyG index is related to higher prevalence of DES-ISR in ACS patients.
CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Endrin Koni, Wojciech Wanha, Jakub Ratajczak, Zhongheng Zhang, Przemyslaw Podhajski, Rita L. Musci, Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi, Maciej Kazmierski, Antonio Buffon, Jacek Kubica, Wojciech Wojakowski, Eliano P. Navarese
Summary: The study compared the long-term efficacy of EES and R-ZES in ACS patients, finding a significant reduction in the primary endpoint over 5 years in patients treated with EES, with lower rates of mortality, MI, and repeat PCI.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Marc S. Sabatine, Brian A. Bergmark, Sabina A. Murphy, Patrick T. O'Gara, Peter K. Smith, Patrick W. Serruys, A. Pieter Kappetein, Seung-Jung Park, Duk-Woo Park, Evald H. Christiansen, Niels R. Holm, Per H. Nielsen, Gregg W. Stone, Joseph F. Sabik, Eugene Braunwald
Summary: A comparison of long-term outcomes between PCI with drug-eluting stents and CABG in patients with left main coronary artery disease showed no significant difference in 5-year all-cause mortality. However, differences were observed in rates of myocardial infarction, stroke, and repeat revascularisation, with higher risks associated with PCI. A Bayesian approach suggested a slight advantage favoring CABG in terms of mortality.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alexandre Lafont, Peter R. Sinnaeve, Thomas Cuisset, Stephane Cook, Giorgios Sideris, Sasko Kedev, Didier Carrie, Thomas Hovasse, Philippe Garot, Rami El Mahmoud, Christian Spaulding, Gerard Helft, Jose F. Diaz Fernandez, Salvatore Brugaleta, Eduardo Pinar-Bermudez, Josepa Mauri Ferre, Philippe Commeau, Emmanuel Teiger, Kris Bogaerts, Manel Sabate, Marie Claude Morice, Olivier Varenne
Summary: The 2-year results of the SENIOR trial in elderly PCI patients demonstrate that using a strategy combining DES with short-term DAPT reduces the rate of revascularization compared to BMS, with very few late events, and without increasing bleeding complications or stent thrombosis.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Johannes Schmucker, Andreas Fach, Rico Osteresch, Luis Alberto Mata Marin, Stephan Ruehle, Tina Retzlaff, Daniela Garstka, Ingo Eitel, Rainer Hambrecht, Harm Wienbergen
Summary: The study indicates that in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), diabetic patients benefit more from drug-eluting stents (DES) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS), resulting in lower rates of adverse ischemic events such as in-stent thrombosis and myocardial re-infarctions. Furthermore, the use of DES in diabetic patients aligns their adverse ischemic event rates with those of non-diabetic patients.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Mengjin Hu, Xiaojin Gao, Jingang Yang, Yuejin Yang
Summary: For patients treated with DESs, 3-month DAPT followed by P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy may be the optimal antiplatelet strategy, while DAPT beyond 1 year reduces myocardial infarction at the expense of increased major bleeding.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xiao Long Lin, Qiu Yu Li, Dong Hui Zhao, Jing Hua Liu, Qian Fan
Summary: This study found that the level of serum glycated albumin (GA) is significantly associated with a high risk of in-stent restenosis (ISR) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Adding GA to a baseline risk model increases the predictive potential for ISR.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Lorenzo Azzalini, Usman Baber, Gurpreet S. Johal, Serdar Farhan, Nitin Barman, Vishal Kapur, Choudhury Hasan, Pooja Vijay, Vaishvi Jhaveri, Roxana Mehran, Annapoorna S. Kini, Samin K. Sharma
Summary: This study evaluated the 1-year outcomes of three different stents for complex PCI, finding comparable rates of MACE and stent thrombosis among the patients. Stent type was not an independent predictor of MACE.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Lars Jakobsen, Evald H. Christiansen, Phillip Freeman, Johnny Kahlert, Karsten Veien, Michael Maeng, Bent Raungaard, Julia Ellert, Anton B. Villadsen, Steen D. Kristensen, Martin K. Christensen, Christian J. Terkelsen, Jens Aaroe, Troels Thim, Jens Flensted Lassen, Mikkel Hougaard, Ashkan Eftekhari, Rebekka Jensen, Nicolaj B. Stottrup, Jeppe G. Rasmussen, Anders Junker, Svend E. Jensen, Henrik S. Hansen, Lisette O. Jensen
Summary: This study aimed to compare the 3-year outcomes of the DTS and SES stents in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The results showed that the DTS stent had a higher risk of TLF within the first year compared to the SES stent, but the rates were similar from 1 to 3 years.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Evan Shlofmitz, Rebecca Torguson, Cheng Zhang, Paige E. Craig, Gary S. Mintz, Nauman Khalid, Yuefeng Chen, Toby Rogers, Hayder Hashim, Itsik Ben-Dor, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Lowell F. Satler, Ron Waksman
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Micaela Iantorno, Evan Shlofmitz, Toby Rogers, Rebecca Torguson, Paul Kolm, Deepakraj Gajanana, Nauman Khalid, Yuefeng Chen, William S. Weintraub, Ron Waksman
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2020)
Letter
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Erin Flattery, Hussein M. Rahim, Gregory Petrossian, Evan Shlofmitz, Fotis Gkargkoulas, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Ajay J. Kirtane, Sahil A. Parikh, Manish A. Parikh, Jeffrey W. Moses, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Ori Ben-Yehuda, Martin B. Leon, Allen Jeremias, Richard A. Shlofmitz, Gregg W. Stone, Akiko Maehara, Ehtisham Mahmud, Gary S. Mintz, Ziad A. Ali
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2020)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kazuhiro Dan, Evan Shlofmitz, Nauman Khalid, Alexandre Hideo-Kajita, Jason P. Wermers, Rebecca Torguson, Paul Kolm, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Ron Waksman
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
(2020)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giovanni Luigi De Maria, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Roberto Scarsini, Alexandre Hideo-Kajita, Nieves Gonzalo Lopez, Antonio Maria Leone, Giovanna Sarno, Joost Daemen, Evan Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, Matteo Tebaldi, Hiram Grando Bezerra, Shengxian Tu, Pedro A. Lemos, Yuichi Ozaki, Kazuhiro Dan, Carlos Collet, Adrian P. Banning, Emanuele Barbato, Nils P. Johnson, Ron Waksman
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Deepakraj Gajanana, Toby Rogers, William S. Weintraub, Paul Kolm, Micaela Iantorno, Nauman Khalid, Yuefeng Chen, Evan Shlofmitz, Jaffar M. Khan, Anees Musallam, Itsik Ben-Dor, Lowell F. Satler, Cheng Zhang, Rebecca Torguson, Ron Waksman
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Rafal Wolny, Gary S. Mintz, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Song-Yi Kim, Masaru Ishida, Akiko Fujino, Tetsumin Lee, Evan Shlofmitz, Alec Goldberg, Yangbo Liu, Zixuan Zhang, Mingyou Zhang, Xun Hu, Allen Jeremias, George Petrossian, Richard A. Shlofmitz, Akiko Maehara
Summary: The study found that prior CABG is associated with increased severity of calcium in the LMCA and proximal LCX, as well as a higher prevalence of atypical calcium patterns, including CN, thin or lobulated calcium, and calcifications located at the carina of a bifurcation, compared to non-CABG controls.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian C. Case, Charan Yerasi, Brian J. Forrestal, Chava Chezar-Azerrad, Jaffar M. Khan, Nauman Khalid, Evan Shlofmitz, Yuefeng Chen, Anees Musallam, Ron Waksman, Hayder Hashim
Summary: In patients undergoing RTCA with significant brachiocephalic/thoracic aorta tortuosity, a Tiger catheter can be efficiently used for curvatures over 1 cm; for larger curvatures, operators should consider switching promptly to a JL catheter.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian C. Case, Sant Kumar, Charan Yerasi, Brian J. Forrestal, Anees Musallam, Chava Chezar-Azerrad, Nauman Khalid, Evan Shlofmitz, Yuefeng Chen, Jaffar M. Khan, Lowell F. Satler, Itsik Ben-Dor, Hayder Hashim, Nelson L. Bernardo, Toby Rogers, Ron Waksman
Summary: Analysis of post-marketing surveillance data from the FDA MAUDE database revealed that suture-based VCDs are associated with complications such as vascular injury, device malfunction, and death in real-world practice. Bleeding from vessel injury was the most common adverse outcome, and surgical repair was the most commonly used treatment strategy.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Nauman Khalid, Toby Rogers, Rebecca Torguson, Cheng Zhang, Corey Shea, Evan Shlofmitz, Yuefeng Chen, Anees Musallam, Jason P. Wermers, Brian Case, Hayder Hashim, Itsik Ben-Dor, Nelson L. Bernardo, Lowell Satler, Ron Waksman
Summary: The study found that performing high-risk PCI without elective MCS is feasible and safe in the majority of patients, challenging current recommendations and practice. A randomized trial comparing unprotected versus protected high-risk PCI for these broad recommendations is needed to determine which patients would benefit from MCS.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Evan Shlofmitz, Kevin Croce, Hiram Bezerra, Tej Sheth, Bassem Chehab, Nick E. J. West, Richard Shlofmitz, Ziad A. A. Ali
Summary: Although clinical data support the use of intravascular imaging in guiding and optimizing outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), its clinical adoption remains limited due to a lack of standardization. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides a high-resolution imaging modality that can be easily integrated into the routine workflow of PCI procedures. The MLD MAX algorithm offers a practical approach to incorporate OCT imaging in PCI, facilitating procedural planning and assessment before and after intervention.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kazuhiro Dan, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Evan Shlofmitz, Takayuki Okamura, Kayode O. Kuku, David Hellinga, Frank D. Kolodgie, Alexandre Hideo-Kajita, Sameer Desale, Ron Waksman
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2020)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian C. Case, Charan Yerasi, Brian J. Forrestal, Chava Chezar-Azerrad, Evan Shlofmitz, Jaffar M. Khan, Nauman Khalid, Jason P. Wermers, Ron Waksman
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Nauman Khalid, Hasan Javed, Sarah Aftab Ahmad, J. James Edelman, Evan Shlofmitz, Yuefeng Chen, Anees Musallam, Toby Rogers, Hayder Hashim, Nelson L. Bernardo, Ron Waksman
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Gautam Kumar, Eric Youngyoon Shin, Rajesh Sachdeva, Evan Shlofmitz, Ann N. Behrens, Brad J. Martinsen, Jeffrey W. Chambers
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2020)