High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Stroke after percutaneous coronary interventions.

n this issue of the Journal, Dukkipati et al. (1) identified the ncidence, predictors, and outcomes of stroke in patients ndergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). troke occurred in hospital in 92 of 20,670 patients (0.3%) fter PCI, which is higher than the reported rates of 0.08% o 0.17% after diagnostic catheterization (2). The good news in this report is that brain injury hapened...

High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Modern Day Clinical Practice: Current Concepts and Challenges.

Circulatory support with Impella CP device during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions: initial experience in Poland

Corresponding author: Dariusz Dudek MD, PhD, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Institute of Cardiology, 17 Kopernika St, 31-501 Krakow, Poland, phone: +48 12 424 71 81, fax: +48 12 424 71 84, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 1.03.2016, accepted: 14.06.2016. Circulatory support with Impella CP device during high-risk percutaneous coronary inte...

Bleeding avoidance strategies during percutaneous coronary interventions.

Bleeding avoidance strategies for percutaneous coronary interventions continue to evolve with the availability of newer antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies. Advances in interventional practices have altered the balance between ischemic and bleeding complications. With the availability of rapidly-acting platelet adenosine diphosphate-receptor antagonists, the need for routine glycoprotein...

Chronic Radiodermatitis Following Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

The incidence of radiodermatitis after percutaneous coronary interventions is rising with the increasing number and complexity of these procedures. This is a case report of a male patient with 3vessel coronary artery disease in whom chronic radiodermatitis developed following four difficult and prolonged coronary interventions. The skin eruption was characterized by a well-demarcated, atrophic,...