INTRODUCTION A number of studies reported on a possible increased risk of morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing the outcome of patients undergoing coronary surgery with or without prior percutaneous coronary intervention was performed. Only stud...

Haemophilia A is a rare genetic condition leading to coagulation factor VIII deficiency and thus predisposing to bleeding diathesis. Due to advances in treatment, life expectancy of haemophilia A sufferers is increasing, and the incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease are rising. There have been many reported cases of acute myocardial infarction in such patients, who subsequently un...

A 64-year-old man suffering from an acute posterior wall myocardial infarction underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. After several aspiration attempts, tirofiban infusion and pre- and post-dilatation, a bare-metal stent was successfully implanted in the culprit right coronary artery. While the patient did not show any neurological symptoms before or during the procedure, he exhi...

UNLABELLED In this case we herein report a dangerous complication from primary percutaneous coronary intervention, where an unnoticed loop of the guidewire was inadvertently made around the stent during provisional stenting. Since the guidewire and the stent were entangled, efforts to retrieve the guidewire only exacerbated the problem by compressing the stent like an accordion. We review those...

percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of coronary bifurcation lesions is associated with increased risk for complications. the goal of this manuscript is to review the currently available classifications for coronary artery bifurcation lesions with a guide to the use of specific coronary bifurcation techniques based on lesion characteristics

Background: The SYNergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with TAXus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score is a scoring system that helps to decide on surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients acute myocardial infarction (MI), studies are showing the prognostic value of this both AMI artery disease undergoing PCI. In syndrome (ACS) patients, infarct-related complexit...