Patients undergoing quantitative flow ratio-guided PCI had fewer major adverse cardiac events over 5 years than those treated ...

People with a buildup of fatty atherosclerotic plaque in the heart's arteries considered at risk of rupturing were far less likely to suffer a serious cardiac event if they underwent percutaneous ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with high bleeding risk, percutaneous coronary intervention using ...

Ten-year follow-up data show similar mortality with PCI and CABG in selected patients, adding new evidence to the ...

The outcomes from real-life clinical studies regarding the optimal revascularization strategy in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (MVD) are still poorly investigated. In this ...

In patients with coronary artery disease who are being evaluated for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), procedures can be guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ...

A statewide effort to get hospitals in Michigan to lower their procedural radiation levels for PCI resulted in a steady decrease over a 6-year period, new data show. “We were really pleased to see ...

It remains unknown whether the recent trend of short dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) followed by P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy can simply be applied to patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary ...

The intensity of antiplatelet therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an important determinant of PCI-related ischemic complications. Cangrelor is a potent intravenous adenosine ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a procedure that opens blocked arteries and restores blood flow to the heart. Timely access to hospitals offering PCI services can be a matter of life or ...

Patients with CKD had twice the risk of target vessel failure after PCI compared with patients without CKD. The benefits of intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) extend ...

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) refers to using fibrinolytic therapy to stabilize the patient while transport is being arranged to a primary PCI facility. This strategy receives a ...