Percutaneous debulking of large vegetations Percutaneous debulking of large vegetations in infective endocarditis is being followed, especially in cardiac implantable device related infections. It is useful in reducing
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
Barbeau test – Allen’s test using pulse oximetry Allen’s test is often used to assess the efficacy of collateral circulation in the hand through the superficial and deep
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
Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) Optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) is a novel second generation optical coherence tomography (OCT) derived imaging method [1]. It has substantially higher speed
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
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Mitral regurgitation is the commonest valvular lesion, due to aging of the population at large and degenerative valvular heart disease overtaking rheumatic heart disease.