Aim We systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the predictors of major adverse cardiac
and cerebrovascular events (MACE/MACCE) in older adults who underwent PCI. Methods …

Background: The optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) is not established in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients …

Pregnancy-associated acute myocardial infarction is a rare condition usually occurring
during the third trimester of pregnancy, and associated with three-to-four-fold higher …

Drug-eluting stents (DES) are vascular prostheses used by interventional cardiologists to
reopen and maintain patent coronary arteries narrowed by arteriosclerosis. The history of …

Objective To determine utilization and reimbursement trends of coronary revascularization
procedures in the US Medicare population from 2000 to 2018. Background US Medicare …

Endovascular treatment using bare metal stents or drug-eluting stents is routinely performed
to restore the blood flow in the coronary and peripheral arteries; however, intimal …

Background Patients with diabetic nephropathy and unprotected left main (LM) coronary
artery disease suffer from high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although surgical …

Background Drug-eluting stents are widely used in coronary artery intervention. However,
vessel caging and very late thrombotic events are of persistent and substantial concern …

A doença arterial coronária em suas diversas manifestações crônicas ou agudas tem se
tornado a causa mais comum de mortalidade. É neste cenário, que a intervenção …