Drug-coated balloon in the treatment of coronary left main true bifurcation lesion: A patient-level propensity-matched analysis

L Pan, W Lu, Z Han, S Pan, X Wang, Y Shan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aims An increasing body of evidence suggests that drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty
represents a valuable option for revascularization in selected patients with coronary …

[PDF][PDF] Percutaneous coronary intervention to treat unprotected left main: Common (un-answered) challenges

M Kovacevic, F Burzotta, I Srdanovic… - Polish Heart …, 2022 - journals.viamedica.pl
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is a
widely adopted strategy to obtain myocardial revascularization in patients with unprotected …

Is the world ready for the STICH 3.0 trial?

D Vervoort, ME Jolicoeur… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The optimal coronary revascularization modality in patients with iLVSD remains unknown. In
observational studies, CABG appears superior to PCI; however, direct randomized evidence …

Meta-analysis of provisional versus systematic double-stenting strategy for left main bifurcation lesions

OM Abdelfattah, A Radwan, A Sayed… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective We sought to compare the clinical outcomes with provisional versus double-
stenting strategy for left main (LM) bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) …

The efficacy of modified jailed balloon technique for true bifurcation lesions

K Shishido, N Moriyama, T Hayashi… - Catheterization and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the short‐, long‐term clinical and angiographic outcomes after
treatment of true bifurcation lesions using a modified jailed balloon technique (MJBT) …

[HTML][HTML] The feasibility of using Hcy, CRP, and Cys-C to analyze AMI patients' disease conditions and prognoses

N Zhang, F Shi, H Liang, H Wang - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of using the serum
homocysteine (Hcy), C-reactive protein (CRP), and cystatin C (Cys-C) levels to evaluate the …

Short-and long-term outcomes of left main coronary artery stenting in patients disqualified from coronary artery bypass graft surgery

WJ Skorupski, M Kałużna-Oleksy, M Lesiak… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The study aims to evaluate the short-and long-term outcomes of left main percutaneous
coronary interventions (LM PCI) in patients disqualified from coronary artery bypass graft …

Analysis of the effect of external counterpulsation combined with high-intensity aerobic exercise on cardiopulmonary function and adverse cardiovascular events in …

S Zhao, S Liu, Y Wen, Q Qi, P Huang - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose To explore the intervention effect of external counterpulsation (ECP) combined with
high-intensity aerobic exercise (HIAT) on patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) after …

Comparison of simple versus complex stenting in patients with true distal left main bifurcation lesions

CH Lee, JM Ahn, DY Kang, M Han… - Catheterization and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Distal left main (LM) bifurcation disease is one of the most challenging lesion
subsets for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal stenting strategy for such …

[HTML][HTML] Complex better than simple for distal left main bifurcation lesions: lots of data but few crushing operators

M Pan, S Ojeda - Cardiovascular Interventions, 2020 - jacc.org
On the basis of many randomized clinical trials and multiple meta-analyses, a provisional
stenting or simple approach has been normally considered the preferred technique for the …