A broken promise: 4-year optical coherence tomography follow-up of a bioresorbable vascular scaffold
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coronary artery disease
Myocardial perfusion imaging with cadmium–zinc–telluride cameras: Harry Potter and the Radiation Hallows?
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Promises and pitfalls of relying on angiography-derived indexes to identify myocardial ischemia: A tale of Romulus and Remus
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Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality in Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Percutaneous Interventions with Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Meta-analysis
Importance: Mortality is a common outcome in trials comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Controversy exists regarding whether all-cause mortality or cardiac mortality is preferred as a study end point, because noncardiac mortality should be unrelated to the treatment. Objective: To evaluate the difference in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) comparing PCI with CABG for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.
Long term outcomes of percutaneous or surgical treatment in left main disease
Long term efficacy and safety of either surgical or percutaneous treatment left main coronary artery disease treatment is lacking.
Renin-Angiotensin Blocking Therapies: A Must-But How?-After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Nocturnal blood pressure patterns and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with masked hypertension
Masked hypertension (MHT) is characterized by normal clinic and above normal 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) levels. We evaluated clinical characteristics and CV outcomes of different nocturnal patterns of MHT. We analyzed data derived from a large cohort of adult individuals, who consecutively underwent home, clinic, and ambulatory BP monitoring at our Hypertension Unit between January 2007 and December 2016. MHT was defined as clinic BP
Prognostic value of high-sensitive cardiac troponin I in asymptomatic chronic hemodialysis patients
Introduction: Increased levels of cardiac troponins (cTn) are a hallmark of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), along with symptoms and electrocardiographic (ECG) changes. Stably elevated cTn concentrations are frequently observed in asymptomatic patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and/or on hemodialysis (HD); the meaning of this elevation, as assessed by conventional techniques, remains unclear. Aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical significance of cTnI levels in asymptomatic HD patients by employing a newer high-sensitive cTnI (hs-cTnI) assay.
A randomized trial comparing the acute coronary, systemic, and environmental effects of electronic vaping cigarettes versus heat-not-burn cigarettes in smokers of combustible cigarettes undergoing invasive coronary assessment. Rationale and design of
Traditional combustible cigarette (TCC) smoking remains a major cause of preventable cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Modified risk products (MRP) such as electronic vaping cigarettes (EVC) and heat-not-burn cigarettes (HNBC) may be safer than TCC but may still have detrimental oxidative, platelet and vascular effects of particular importance to people with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD).
CT myocardial perfusion. State of the science
Non-invasive cardiac imaging has rapidly evolved during the last decade due to advancements in CT technologies. Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has been shown to reliably assess the coronary anatomy and has established itself as the non-invasive imaging technique with the highest sensitivity and specificity in the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). However, this technique has previously been limited to a pure anatomical assessment.