OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate whether right coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) carries prognostic implications in patients undergoing drug-eluting stent-supported percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main disease (ULMD). BACKGROUND No data exist on the prognostic implication of CTO in patients undergoing PCI for ULMD. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVES This study determined angiographic and clinical outcomes after everolimus-eluting stent (EES)-supported percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main disease (ULMD) and high SYNTAX (SYNergy between PCI with TAXus and Cardiac Surgery) trial score (≥33). BACKGROUND The SYNTAX trial has shown the superiority of coronary surgery over percutaneous coronary intervention (P...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to compare the outcomes of patients treated with everolimus-eluting stents (EES) with outcomes of patients treated with first-generation paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) for unprotected left main disease (ULMD). BACKGROUND No data exist about the comparison of these 2 types of stents in ULMD. METHODS The primary endpoint of the study was a 1-year composi...

BACKGROUND No data exist about the impact of high residual platelet reactivity (HRPR) after clopidogrel loading on long-term clinical outcome in patients undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for unprotected left main disease (ULMD). METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention for ULMD had prospective platelet reactivity assessment by l...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate long-term clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with unprotected left main disease (ULMD). BACKGROUND PCI has been increasingly used as an alternative mode of revascularization for ULMD. However, there are limited data comparing clinical outcomes between CABG surgery ...

to investigate the possibility of using ultrasound to estimate carcass composition, 38 moghani male lambs were made use of. subcutaneous fat depth (usft) and longissimus dorsi muscle depth (ulmd) and area (ulma) were assessed in the site between 12th and 13th ribs by using ultrasound equipped with an 8 mhz probe. the lambs were then slaughtered. carcasses were cold stored at 4°c for 24 hours an...