Category: Cardiology

Stent was superior to balloon angioplasty and surgery was superior to stent in coarctation of aorta, but with longer hospital stay.

High prevalence and high spontaneous closure rates of muscular VSDs have been noted by echocardiographic screening in neonates.

PCI in CAD associated with severe aortic stenosis could be performed no significant increased risk of short term mortality.

Polymer free amphilimus stent has lower in stent late lumen loss and better 1 year clinical safety and efficacy in treatment of de novo coronary lesions.

Newer antithrombotics in atrial fibrillation: DTI -dabigatran, direct factor Xa inhibitors - rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban; vitamin K analogue tecarfarin.

Study found that degeneration of bioprosthetic valves is faster in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Simultaneous kissing stents are used in coronary bifurcation lesions only when the need for a future side branch access is deemed unlikely.

The difference between standard crush technique and step crush technique is that each stent is introduced into the vessel and deployed separately.

In both classic T stenting and modified T stenting for coronary bifurcations, both branches are initially wired and balloon dilated.

Culottes stenting technique for coronary bifurcation gives good coverage of the bifurcation, but has more metal in the proximal segment.