OBJECTIVES To evaluate the procedural and clinical outcomes of a new primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) centre without surgical back-up (off-site PCI) and to investigate whether these results are comparable with a high volume on-site PCI centre in the Netherlands. BACKGROUND Controversy remains about the safety and efficacy of PPCI in off-site PCI centres. METHODS We retrospe...

BACKGROUND Comorbid and anatomic characteristics that portend higher procedural risk are well defined for carotid endarterectomy but less so for carotid artery stenting. METHODS AND RESULTS We pooled carotid stent data from 4 Cordis-sponsored trials (n=2104) with similar patient cohorts and end point determination to identify predictors of neurological death or stroke within 30 days of the pr...

Background—Comorbid and anatomic characteristics that portend higher procedural risk are well defined for carotid endarterectomy but less so for carotid artery stenting. Methods and Results—We pooled carotid stent data from 4 Cordis-sponsored trials (n 2104) with similar patient cohorts and end point determination to identify predictors of neurological death or stroke within 30 days of the proc...

SEE PAGE 804 T he procedural success rates of percutaneous intervention for chronic total coronary occlusions (CTOs) over the past decade have been increasing, driven by the development of specialized guidewires and microcatheters and the introduction of new technical strategies, including antegrade subintimal re-entry and the retrograde transcollateral approach. An ongoing challenge is to sele...

current research examines the impact of perceived justice (including distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice) on perceived service quality and customer behavioral intentions (including word of mouth, trust and revisit intention).statistical sample comprises 120 customers of iran insurance company in shiraz holding automobile insurance and have record of visiting the c...

The aim of this study is to explore pre-service teachers’ procedural and conceptual understanding pupils’ mean value, before after an intervention. Participants are 66 teachers, two teacher educators. data consists five video-recorded lessons pre- post-test discussions. Based on variation theory, the analysis aimed identify expressed knowledge understanding, focusing four categories expressions...

Up till now, research evidence on the mathematical abilities of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been scarce and provided mixed results. The current study examined the predictive value of five early numerical competencies for four domains of mathematics in first grade. Thirty-three high-functioning children with ASD were followed up from preschool to first grade and compared wit...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS More secure endoscopic closure techniques for iatrogenic gastric defects are required for safe endoscopic surgery. We developed a novel endoscopic suturing method, endoscopic hand suturing (EHS), of gastric mucosal defects and determined its feasibility and efficacy ex vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS We created 24 mucosal defects (each 2 cm in diameter) by endoscopic sub...