2014 Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have poorer unadjusted outcomes as they are older and have greater comorbidity compared with men, but uncertainty remains whether gender affects outcome after these differences in clinical characteristics are taken into account. In this paper, we review recent published evidence comparing outcomes between men and women undergoing PC...

2610 Introduction In 2007, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published an Expert Consensus Document titled “The Current Status and Future Direction of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention without On-Site Surgical Backup.” This document summarized the available data on the performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) without on-site surgery in the Unite...

Severe retrograde dissection extending into the sinus of Valsalva is a rare complication during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but life threatening. There is some literature about this complication, but this particular complication has not been previously reported in China. We present a case of coronary artery dissection during a PCI in which progressively extended retrogradely into ...

Ever since the invention of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to treat coronary artery disease (CAD) around twenty years ago, its clinical use has been expanded dramatically. According to overseas and local experiences, the number of PCI performed every year far exceeds the number of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The procedural success, safety and durability ...

In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), both periprocedural acute myocardial infarction and bleeding complications have been shown to be associated with early and late mortality. Current standard antithrombotic therapy after coronary stent implantation consists of lifelong aspirin and clopidogrel for a variable period depending in part ...

atients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease (LMCA) have a worse prognosis than any other form of coronary artery disease (CAD). During the past decade, the efficacy and safety of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs. coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for LMCA have been major topics for both interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. CABG has been considered as...

background: stenting is currently the standard of care in percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). whether young patients remain at increased risk after pci in the present stent era has not been investigated widely. we evaluated angiographic characteristics and short- and mid-term outcomes in patients younger than 40 years of age who underwent pci. methods: from april 2003 to march 2005, prosp...

We describe the case of a 62-year-old female patient in whom there was an occlusion of collaterals and acute inferior wall ischemia during the opening procedure of right coronary artery (RCA) chronic total occlusion. Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of RCA by the retrograde approach was performed preventing heart muscle damage. In this article we discuss the issue of PCI by the r...

Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and a thienopyridine drug that blocks the platelet adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 is the cornerstone of management in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Clopidogrel is the most widely used thienopyridine, with evidence of benefit in non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI),1 percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),2 and ST-el...

Recanalisation of chronic total occlusions has remained suboptimal in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Hopes for a better outcome have been raised since its introduction and evolvement of new techniques, including retrograde approach. Along with conventional antegrade approaches this technique led to a success rate of more than 90% in experienced and chronic total occlusio...