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Author(s):
Jelmer Westra
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Shengxian Tu
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3 years ago
Physiological lesion assessment is recommended for the identification of intermediate coronary lesions that might benefit from percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 The quantitative flow ratio (QFR) was developed to derive coronary physiology from angiographic images, whereas the optical flow ratio (OFR) is a more recent approach for the rapid and automated assessment of coronary physiology…
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Author(s):
Despoina-Rafailia Benetou
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Charalampos Varlamos
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Christos Pappas
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et al
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Yuhei Kobayashi
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1 year ago
TCT 22 - In this short interview, Dr Yuhei Kobayashi (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, US) joins us to discuss the findings of a substudy of the FAME 3 trial, which aimed to compare FFR-Guided percutaneous coronary Intervention with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) in a cohort of patients with multivessel CAD.
In this trial, patients with multivessel disease were randomized to…
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Author(s):
Mirvat Alasnag
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1 year ago
ESC Congress 22 —In this short and practice-focused review, Dr Mirvat Alasnag (The King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, SA) shares her thoughts about 3 late ESC hot trials that will have an impact on her practice as an interventionalist cardiologist.
Trials covered in detail include:
00:18: REVIVED-BCIS2:Study of Efficacy and Safety of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) to Improve…
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Author(s):
Dimitrios Bliagos
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Ajay J Kirtane
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Jeffrey W Moses
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3 years ago
Worldwide, it is estimated that the total number of people with diabetes will increase from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030.1 In the US, a total of 23.6 million people have diabetes, representing 7.8% of the population, and the prevalence of diabetes is on the rise, due to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, increasing obesity and an ageing population. These statistics do not account…
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Author(s):
Nithima Chaowalit
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Patricia A Pellikka
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3 years ago
How Far Have We Come?
Cardiac imaging using ultrasound (so-called ‘echocardiography’) was introduced more than 50 years ago. Resting echocardiographic detection of myocardial infarction was described as the reduction in regional contractile function,1 and the development of stress echocardiography in the early era was recognised after the introduction of 2D echocardiographic imaging. The initial…
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Author(s):
George A Beller
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3 years ago
A significant amount of data has accumulated over the past 20 years, demonstrating the value of exercise or pharmacologic stress non-invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected or known cardiovascular disease.1-8 Stress can be induced by either multistage exercise testing that is symptom-limited or by pharmacologic means with…
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Author(s):
Peter J Fitzgerald
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Martin B Leon
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3 years ago
An unintended consequence of the market success of drug-eluting stents has been a growing concern about their safety and safety-related costs. These devices have been so quickly and widely adopted that their market penetration already equals that of some of the most popular pharmaceutical drugs. Consequently, the absolute significance of even a low incidence of side effects becomes magnified by…
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Author(s):
Peter J Fitzgerald
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Martin B Leon
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3 years ago
An unintended consequence of the market success of drug-eluting stents has been a growing concern about their safety and safety-related costs. These devices have been so quickly and widely adopted that their market penetration already equals that of some of the most popular pharmaceutical drugs. Consequently, the absolute significance of even a low incidence of side effects becomes magnified by…
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Author(s):
Marcelo F Di Carli
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3 years ago
Positron emission tomography (PET) has contributed significantly to advancing our understanding of heart physiology and pathophysiology for more than 25 years. Despite its clear success in research applications, the restricted availability of this technology, its increased cost and limited data supporting its use and reimbursement have all contributed to the relatively limited clinical acceptance…
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