Antegrade dissection and re-entry for chronic total occlusions Antegrade dissection and re-entry for chronic total occlusions: Opening up of chronic total occlusions (generally more than 3 months old)
Risk factors for stent thrombosis Prior stent thrombosis is an important risk factor for future stent thrombosis as well. Diffuse multivessel disease, especially in the presence of diabetes
Ultrathin strut drug eluting stents for small vessel disease Implantation of stents in small vessels is often avoided due to the risk of adverse events like stent thrombosis
Visualization of stent during coronary angioplasty Blue arrows: edges of stent; red arrows: balloon edge markers (there will be an overhang of the balloon beyond the markers on
United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy for reducing infarct size in left anterior descending coronary artery territory ST elevation myocardial
Causes of coronary procedure related myocardial infarction Coronary intervention related complications which reduce coronary blood flow can be associated with periprocedural myocardial infarction {Type 4a as per the
Neoatherosclerosis in bioresorbable vascular scaffold: Concerns about the long term utility of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) in different aspects have been raised. The latest is about neoatherosclerosis within the segments treated
Instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR): Translesional pressure gradient in a specific diastolic interval is measured. This period has a constant microvascular resistance and results similar to FFR can
Pericardial or myocardial blushing is Grade — in Ellis classification of coronary perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV Correct Answer: 2.
Pharmaco-invasive strategy not a bad option – EARLY-MYO trial Pharmaco-invasive strategy means early thrombolysis for followed by early percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In case where the delay in