598 Circ Cardiovasc Interv August 2012 multiple, significant comorbidities (including left
ventricular systolic failure, prior myocardial infarctions, peripheral artery disease, renal …

Background: In a previous randomized trial, we found that percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) was not inferior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the …

Background—The residual Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With
Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) Score is an objective measure of the degree and …

Objectives: The study sought to evaluate the clinical impact of angiographic complete (CR)
and incomplete (ICR) revascularization and its association with the presence of total …

Objectives: The study sought to assess the outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction …

Aims: The SYNTAX Score (SXscore) has established itself as an important prognostic tool in
patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A limitation of the SXscore is …

Chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a multifactorial disease with different underlying
pathogenetic mechanisms. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is widely used in …

Objectives Fractional flow reserve–guided coronary artery bypass grafting is emerging in
cardiac surgery, in which the nature (anatomic and functional characteristics) of the target …

Aims: Incomplete revascularisation is common after percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI). While the absolute amount of residual coronary artery disease (CAD) after PCI has …

Soon after the introduction of coronary artery bypass surgery, the completeness of
revascularization became a matter of concern. Several early surgical studies confirmed the …