Category Archives: Angiography and Interventions

MACE vs NACE in coronary interventions

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

MACE = major adverse cardiovascular event(s) Components of MACE are death, reinfarction, ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization, and stroke. NACE = net adverse clinical event(s); NACE = (MACE + [..]

Angiography and Interventions

Supervised exercise vs primary stenting for claudication

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

The CLEVER Study [Murphy TP et al. Supervised Exercise Versus Primary Stenting for Claudication Resulting From Aortoiliac Peripheral Artery Disease. Six-Month Outcomes From the Claudication: Exercise Versus Endoluminal [..]

Angiography and Interventions, Cardiology Journal Scan

Percutaneous mitral valve repair – EVEREST II – high risk study results

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Mitral valve repair is conventionally the realm of cardiac surgeons. Recently the repair of the mitral valve in cases at high risk of surgery is being done with [..]

Angiography and Interventions, Cardiology Journal Scan

Minimizing vascular complications of percutaneous aortic valve replacement

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Trancatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or percutaneous aortic valve replacement is a fast developing modality for management of aortic stenosis, especially those unfit for surgical replacement. Though multiple [..]

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Late and very late stent thrombosis with drug eluting stents

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Johnson Francis | Permalink Comments Off

Late and very late stent thrombosis with drug eluting stents still continue to be our concern. Fresh data from the jCypher registry is available from Kimura T and [..]

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