Category Archives: Angiography and Interventions

Polymer free amphilimus stent better than paclitaxel eluting stent?

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Carrid D and colleagues [A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing Amphilimus- With Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions. J Am Coll Cardiol, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.009 (Published online 25 [..]

Angiography and Interventions

Role of PCI in CAD associated with severe aortic stenosis

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Conventionally CAD (coronary artery disease) associated with severe aortic stenosis is an indication for coronary artery bypass grafting along with surgical aortic valve replacement. But in this era [..]

Angiography and Interventions

Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has much higher resolution compared to intravascular ultrasound. It has the resolution of the range of 10 20 microns, which is an order of [..]

Angiography and Interventions

Ultrasonography for detecting radial access site complications

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Uhlemann M et al have reported radial access site complications in their prospective vascular ultrasound registry [The Leipzig Prospective Vascular Ultrasound Registry in Radial Artery Catheterization. Impact of [..]

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Study supporting trans radial access for primary angioplasty

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Trans radial vascular access is gaining popularity for both elective and primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction. It is well known that trans radial access has lower access [..]

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