TCT-98 All set after complete revascularization? Long term outcome of patients with complete revascularization

eComment. Improving long-term prognosis after complete revascularization.

is more beneficial for survival. Because patients with diabetes have more diffuse coronary disease with a 2-fold higher rate of total occlusions and a tendency towards more distal disease [5], however, revascularization is often more challenging in patients with diabetes and consequently may be less complete (Supplementary material, Reference [E5]). Independent predic-tors of incomplete-revascu...

Complete revascularization in contemporary practice.

Open perilunate injury with lunate revascularization after complete ligamentous avulsion

Perilunate dislocations are a devastating injury to the carpus that carry a guarded long-term prognosis. Mayfield type 4 perilunate dislocations are rare, high-energy injuries that carry a risk for avascular necrosis (AVN) of the lunate. When AVN ensues and the carpus collapses, primary treatment with a proximal row carpectomy or arthrodesis has been advocated. This case reports a successful cl...

Complete revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.

OBJECTIVE This study evaluates whether patients with coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) benefit from complete revascularization by multivessel coronary artery bypass. METHODS From April 1994 to May 2002, 42 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at our institution had impaired left ventricular (LV) function [an eject...

Long-term clinical outcome after surgical or percutaneous coronary revascularization in hemodialysis patients.

BACKGROUND  Although revascularization via coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been widely performed, there are limited data on which procedure is best in hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS  This 10-year follow-up study consisted of 997 HD patients electively undergoing coronary revascularization (CABG, n=210; PCI, n=787). With ...