Category: Angiography and Interventions

Good correlation between IVUS derived measurements and 3D quantitative coronary angiography has been demonstrated in a study.

Carotid artery stenting for acute atherosclerotic occlusion of extracranial portion of internal carotid artery with a severe stroke is feasible and safe.

Subintimal tracking and reentry (STAR) technique is used when there is failure to cross coronary occlusion (CTO) with conventional approaches.

INSTEAD Trial for Type B aortic dissection: TEVAR failed to improve 2-year survival and adverse event rates in spite of favorable aortic remodeling.

Peri-stent contrast staining after DES is a new terminology for contrast staining outside the stent struts at sites of drug eluting stent implantation.

TAVI without predilation would theoretically reduce the embolic complications and complete heart block.

J-CTO score from Multicenter CTO Registry in Japan grades the difficulty in crossing a chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a native coronary lesion.

Fractional flow reserve guided group received lesser number of stents, had lower rates of mortality or MI. PCI or CABG rates were also lower.

Coronary angioplasty is the procedure in which small balloons attached to the tip of small tubes are used to remove the blocks in coronary arteries.

Cardiac catheterisation laboratory: place where angiography and inteventions are done