These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

Modern-day stenting procedures leverage advances in pharmacotherapy and device
innovation. Patients treated with contemporary antiplatelet agents, peri-procedural …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

In-stent restenosis (ISR) remains the most common cause of stent failure after percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI). Recent data suggest that ISR-PCI accounts for 5-10% of all PCI …

Management of patients with in-stent restenosis (ISR) remains an important clinical problem.
Although drug-eluting stents (DES) have drastically reduced the incidence of ISR, treatment …

Background: Stent thrombosis (ST) is a serious complication following coronary stenting.
Intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) may provide insights into mechanistic …

Incomplete stent apposition (ISA) is characterized by the lack of contact of at least 1 stent
strut with the vessel wall in a segment not overlying a side branch; it is more commonly …

Intravascular imaging has emerged as a valuable tool for the treatment of coronary and
peripheral artery disease; however, no solution is available for safe and reliable use in the …

Gounis et al Intravascular OCT for Neurointervention 219 underexpansion and other
predictors of cardiovascular events, including edge dissections, intraluminal thrombus, thin …