Aortic stenosis – TAVR (TAVI) vs SAVR As with other cardiac conditions, ACC/AHA guidelines divide aortic stenosis also into stages A to D. In stage A there are
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation has the elite distinction that it was first percutaneous intervention for a regurgitant lesion in humans [1]. Bonhoeffer P et
Identification of culprit vessel from ECG Identification of culprit vessel or infarct artery localization from ECG is useful during primary angioplasty. The initial diagnostic angiogram shot is taken
Coronary angiographic views Coronary angiography is done in multiple projections or views to get a three dimensional idea of the coronary lesions. Some regions of the coronary arteries
Management of aortic dissection Aortic dissection is the most common aortic emergency. It is one of the three acute aortic syndromes, the others being aortic intramural hematoma and
Basic principles of rotablation Rotablation or rotational atherectomy uses a diamond coated burr to debulk complex atherosclerotic plaques which are difficult to treat with conventional balloon angioplasty. The
ISCHEMIA Trial – Review International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness With Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) trial was funded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and others.
PRAMI Trial – Review Preventive Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial (PRAMI) was conducted at five centres in the United Kingdom between 2008 and 2013. The study enrolled 465
TASTE Trial – Review TASTE trial (Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) was a multicenter, prospective, randomized open label study which enrolled 7244 patients from the Swedish
CULPRIT-SHOCK Clinical Trial – Review Culprit Lesion Only PCI Versus Multivessel PCI in Cardiogenic Shock (CULPRIT-SHOCK) trial investigated two strategies for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in acute myocardial