Background: To investigate the predictive value of age, creatinine, and ejection fraction (ACEF) score for cardiac death in patients aged ≥75 years diagnosed with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) at 1 month year after emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Periprocedural thrombus formation is not only responsible for one of the most serious complications of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, acute thrombotic occlusion of the coronary artery, but has also been postulated as the initial trigger of pathophysiological mechanisms leading to restenosis. The latter hypothesis is based on experimental findings showing that thrombin activatio...

Introduction : Significant left main coronary artery stenosis jeopardizes the entire myocardium of the left ventricle and has the worst prognosis of any form of coronary artery disease. Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been considered as the standard therapeutic approach for such patients. There are limited data on the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PC...

The clinical effect of intracoronary thrombus aspiration during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with unstable angina pectoris is unknown. In this study, we aimed to assess how thrombus aspiration during percutaneous coronary intervention affects in-hospital and 30-month mortality and complications in patients with unstable angina pectoris.We undertook an observational cohort stud...

Background:Little is known about the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and outbreak response measures on door-to-balloon time (D2B). This study examined both D2B clinical outcomes patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).

Percutaneous coronary intervention is a mainstay in the management of symptomatic or high-risk coronary artery disease. The bulk of clinical evidence and experience underlying this fact relies, however, on relatively young patients. Indeed, few data of very limited quality are available which adequately define the risk-benefit and cost-benefit profile of coronary angioplasty and stenting in ver...

In two patients percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was complicated by coronary perforation. In both cases the complication was managed conservatively.

BACKGROUND It is known that there is an association between elevated total plasma homocysteine level and restenosis after percutaneous coronary angioplasty. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of lowering plasma homocysteine levels on the rate of restenosis after stent-percutaneous coronary angioplasty. METHODS Folic acid (1 mg) or placebo was administered to 200 patients (mean +/- SD age of 5...

Coronary stent implantation has significantly improved percutaneous coronary intervention and enabled the management of early complications of plain balloon angioplasty (POBA). By preventing elastic recoil and constrictive remodeling, coronary stent implantation decreases the frequency of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention. However, a new complication has accompanied these impr...

Coronary reperfusion for an occluded vessel with ruptured vulnerable plaque and clot burden in patients with acute myocardial infarction is now more easily performed due to the development of devices and techniques for percutaneous coronary intervention. However, even after successful coronary intervention, some patients may still have complications such as heart failure, stent thrombosis, or r...