In the late 19th century, postmortem examinations demonstrated a possible relationship
between thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery and myocardial infarction (MI). 1 …

The Academic Research Consortium (ARC)-2 initiative revisited the clinical and
angiographic end point definitions in coronary device trials, proposed in 2007, to make them …

Background Data regarding clinical outcomes after intravascular imaging–guided
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for complex coronary-artery lesions, as compared …

Abstract Aims The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was
intended to (i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these …

Background Patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease have been found to have
better outcomes with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) than with percutaneous …

Background Coronary calcification hinders stent delivery and expansion and is associated
with adverse outcomes. Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) delivers acoustic pressure waves to …

In the late 19th century, post-mortem examinations demonstrated a possible relationship
between thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery and myocardial infarction (MI). 1 …

Over the past 2 decades, chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention
has developed into its own subspecialty of interventional cardiology. Dedicated terminology …

Background Long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with
contemporary drug-eluting stents, as compared with coronary-artery bypass grafting …

Background Patients with non-left-main coronary bifurcation lesions are usually best treated
with a stepwise provisional approach. However, patients with true left main stem bifurcation …