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Author(s): Raoul Bonan , Anita W Asgar Added: 3 years ago
Coronary angioplasty has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. Over the past two decades the field has seen numerous innovations in an attempt to perfect the percutaneous management of coronary atherosclerotic disease. The development of coronary stenting was a major advance in preventing elastic recoil and treating dissections following balloon angioplasty.1 Unfortunately,… View more

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Job title: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Nieves Gonzalo is Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Interventional Cardiology Department at Clinico San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid. She obtained her Specialist Certification in Cardiology after training at Clinico San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid. Subsequently, she underwent a research fellowship at Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)… View more
Author(s): Albert Alahmar , Anthony H Gershlick Added: 3 years ago
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expecting that the total number of DES implanted in 2010 will surpass 5 million worldwide. Although initial results seemed promising, longer-term follow-up in a wider range of patients revealed some concerns. Enhanced platelet aggregation, delayed neointimal growth, a… View more

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Author(s): Michael C Slack Added: 3 years ago
This is certainly an exciting time to be a congenital interventional cardiologist. No doubt the later part of the 20th century laid the foundation for the new millennium; however, since the centennial celebration, several milestone events have already occurred and the future looks as bright as ever. In late 2001, the Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder System┬«, became the first device ever to… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Katrina Mountfort Added: 3 years ago
The growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease, together with an ageing population represents a substantial clinical challenge that stretches healthcare budgets. There is an urgent need for both interventions focused on prevention and treatment innovations. In two sessions of presentations at EuroPCR on the 20th May 2014 in Paris, companies presented their latest innovations. The aim of these… View more

Heart Failure

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Author(s): Rhian E Davies , J Dawn Abbott Added: 3 years ago
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Clinical Syndromes Stable Angina The primary benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over medical therapy in patients with stable angina is the improved quality of life. The PCI in stable angina (ORBITA) trial was the first sham-controlled trial of PCI where 200 medically optimized patients with single vessel disease were randomized to PCI or… View more

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Author(s): Xiaoyu Yang , Mohamed Ahmed , Donald E Cutlip Added: 3 years ago
Over the past 35 years, treatment of coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome has changed drastically. Balloon angioplasty offered an early mechanical solution but carried a high risk for acute complications and subsequent restenosis, mainly from recoil. The bare metal stent (BMS) improved restenosis because of recoil, but still carried a relatively high rate of restenosis because of… View more

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Antithrombotics in LM and Bifurcation PCI
Author(s): Charalampos Varlamos , Ioannis Lianos , Despoina-Rafailia Benetou , et al Added: 2 years ago

Intervention
Antithrombotic Therapy in Complex PCI Patients Under OAC
Author(s): Despoina-Rafailia Benetou , Panayotis K Vlachakis , Charalampos Varlamos , et al Added: 2 years ago

Anticoagulation

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