Coronary artery stents revolutionized the practice of interventional cardiology after they were
first introduced in the mid-1980s. Since then, there have been significant developments in …

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) is currently the most conventional and effective
method for clinically treating cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. Stent …

Background Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard treatment for
revascularisation in patients with left main coronary artery disease, but use of percutaneous …

Background We report the 5-year results of the SYNTAX trial, which compared coronary
artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the …

Gruntzig in 1977 was a huge leap forward in cardiovascular medicine and undoubtedly will
always be remembered as a revolution in the field of revascularization. However, this …

Objectives: We sought to investigate the predictive value of the SYNTAX (Synergy Between
PCI With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) score (SS) for risk assessment of 1-year clinical …

Background—Presently, no effective risk model exists to predict long-term mortality or other
major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) in those patients …

Background Endothelial dysfunction is a key component of vascular vulnerability. Reactive
hyperemia index (RHI), as assessed by the peripheral arterial tonometry, can noninvasively …

Objectives: We aimed to assess the predictive value of the SYNTAX score (SXscore) for
major adverse cardiac events in the all-comers population of the LEADERS (Limus Eluted …

BACKGROUND: Stent thrombosis remains among the most feared complications of
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting. However, data on its incidence and …