Category: Angiography and Interventions

The original description of Lutembacher syndrome was as a combination of atrial septal defect with mitral stenosis

Lower risk of death or myocardial infarction with everolimus eluting stents, compared to paclitaxel eluting stents, directly related to stent thrombosis.

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) estimation using the Doppler wire is useful in assessing the need for a side branch stent in bifurcation disease.

Myocardial bridge: portion of epicardial coronary artery passes beneath a myocardial bridge, seen as a narrowing in systole, but not in diastole.

Transradial access for primary angioplasty: Trans radial vascular access is gaining popularity for both elective and primary angioplasty in acute MI.

Tips from an expert on angioplasty for chronic total occlusion (CTO) presented at a conference.

Reverse crush is performed mainly with provisional side branch stenting and sub optimal side branch result.

Ultrasonography is useful for detecting radial access site complications, many of which may be asymptomatic and clinically silent.

Crush technique is useful when the proximal segment of the coronary bifurcation is also involved.

In mini crush technique for coronary bifurcation angioplasty, both branches are wired and balloon dilated initially.