Coronary microvascular disease(CMD)is one of the commonest causes of cardiac chest pain.The condition is more prevalent in women,and incidence is known to increase with age,hypertension,and diabetes.The pathophysiolog...
The evolution of coronary intervention techniques and equipment has led to more sophisticated procedures for the treatment of highly complex lesions.However,as a result,the risk of complications has increased,which ar...
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BACKGROUND Coronary artery diseases can cause myocardial ischemia and hypoxia,angina pectoris,myocardial infarction,arrhythmia,and even sudden death led to inflight incapacitation of aircrew.As the main cause of groun...
Since the advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement(TAVR)in 2002,it has now become the default interventional strategy for symptomatic patients presenting with severe aortic stenosis,particularly in intermediat...
Evaluation of acute percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)results and longterm follow-up remains challenging with ongoing stent designs.Several imaging tools have been developed to assess native vessel atherosclerosi...
BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)of diseased saphenous vein grafts(SVG)continues to pose a clinical challenge.Current PCI guidelines give a class III recommendation against performing PCI on chronical...
BACKGROUND Fractional flow reserve(FFR)measurement is commonly used in the cardiac catheterization laboratory to assess the functional significance of coronary arterial plaques.Robust real-world data on complications ...
A challenging technical scenario frequently encountered in a percutaneous coronary intervention of a coronary bifurcation lesion(CBL)is stent implantation of only the stenosed segment without compromising the other tw...
BACKGROUND Coronary artery perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI),however if recognized and managed promptly,its adverse consequences can be mini...
BACKGROUND Management of chronic total occlusions(CTO)in diabetics is challenging,with a recent trend towards early revascularization[ER:Percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)and bypass grafting]instead of optimal me...