• This large, prospective registry confirms the very long-term safety and efficacy of the EES in unselected real-world and complex coronary lesions. (unimi.it)
  • Clinical work and research scope includes complex coronary lesions, re-perfusion damage during intervention, treatment of no reflow phenomenon, contrast agent nephropathy prevention and treatment, etc. (escardio.org)
  • Optical coherence tomography and coronary angioscopy assessment of healed vulnerable plaque components in patients with coronary artery lesions undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention. (escardio.org)
  • MTHFR C677T gene polymorphism and the severity of coronary lesions in acute coronary syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • Bare-metal coronary artery stents are used in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a variety of indications, including stable and unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction (MI), and multiple-vessel disease. (medscape.com)
  • Doctors' quick decision to put stents in whenever they see tight spots in coronary arteries has been dubbed the "oculo-stento" reflex by some critics. (wskg.org)
  • Everolimus-eluting versus paclitaxel-eluting stents in coronary artery disease. (umassmed.edu)
  • However, their comment that the low use of coronary stents, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition and thienopyridines is likely to have influenced the outcome of our study, and hence our conclusion, is not substantiated by either our. (bmj.com)
  • However, their comment that the low use of coronary stents, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition and thienopyridines is likely to have influenced the outcome of our study, and hence our conclusion, is not substantiated by either our own data [1] or by data from other contemporary trials of infarct angioplasty. (bmj.com)
  • Genetic risk of restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions in the era of drug-eluting stents. (cdc.gov)
  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Guided by CYP2C19 Polymorphisms after Implantation of Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents for Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome. (cdc.gov)
  • Stents for coronary arteries are expandable wire mesh cylinders that help hold stenotic areas open. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Also the results of bypass surgery were improved by the use of arterial grafts [ 7 ] and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) have been made more effective through the introduction of stents, particularly drug-eluting stents. (medscape.com)
  • This is to monitor if plaque is narrowing or blocking coronary arteries. (losalamitosmedctr.com)
  • Coronary artery disease occurs when the coronary arteries, which carry blood to the heart muscle, become clogged or partially blocked by fatty deposits on the artery walls. (assemblydems.com)
  • Protected percutaneous coronary intervention, abbreviated as Protected PCI, is a heart procedure that involves a ventricular assist device that is used to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, including advanced heart failure. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Impella 2.5, used in protected PCI, "received FDA approval for elective and urgent high-risk PCI procedures in March 2015, following its 510(k) clearance in 2008" and as a percutaneous hemodynamic support device, it was deemed "safe and effective for patients with complex coronary disease, depressed ejection fraction, other co-morbidities, and who have been refused for surgical treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • The device received FDA approval for elective and urgent high-risk PCI procedures in March 2015, following its 510(k) clearance in 2008, making it the first percutaneous hemodynamic support device to get the regulatory nod as both safe and effective for patients with complex coronary disease, depressed ejection fraction, other co-morbidities, and who have been refused for surgical treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • this helps diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD), diagnose the possible cause of chest pain, determine the safe level to exercise and predict dangerous conditions such as a heart attack. (losalamitosmedctr.com)
  • At least 200 statin-naïve patients without a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with incidental coronary artery calcium (CAC) on a prior non-gated chest CT will be enrolled across the Stanford Healthcare System and the Palo Alto Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. (stanford.edu)
  • Treatment for coronary artery disease will vary for different patients. (assemblydems.com)
  • The aim of this study was to emphasize the impact of the aspartate aminotransferase-to-alanine aminotransferase ratio (De Ritis ratio) on the prognosis of patients with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). (medscimonit.com)
  • On the absolute risk difference (additive) scale, all comorbidities except for coronary disease demonstrated effect modification of the association of frailty with survival. (ices.on.ca)
  • Notably, the report categorized 55 percent of the angioplasties in St. Joseph as elective, meaning the procedure had been performed on patients who had not had a previous heart attack and had stable cardiac disease. (wskg.org)
  • OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse led shared care programme to improve coronary heart disease risk factor levels and general health status and to reduce anxiety and depression in patients awaiting coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • To support the field's efforts in the appropriate use of medical resources, the latest toolkit from AHA's Physician Leadership Forum (PLF) addresses the appropriate use of elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with acute heart disease. (ahaphysicianforum.org)
  • Increases in cardiovascular disorders such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, congenital heart disease, cardiac arrest, ventricular disease, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, and others are primarily driving the global cardiovascular devices market. (medgadget.com)
  • A simple Tailored Treatment strategy for statin therapy was more efficient and prevented substantially more coronary artery disease (CAD) morbidity and mortality than any of the currently recommended Treat-to-Target approaches. (va.gov)
  • Although treating to lipid targets (Treat-to-Target) is widely recommended for coronary artery disease (CAD) prevention, some have advocated giving fixed doses of statins based upon an individual's estimated net benefit (Tailored Treatment). (va.gov)
  • Optical coherence tomography findings in healed vulnerable plaques in patients with coronary artery disease. (escardio.org)
  • In 2016 she was awarded a fellowship by the ESRC under the Future Leader's scheme to investigate the biosocial mechanisms linking depression with long term conditions such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer and arthritis. (surrey.ac.uk)
  • Patients with coronary heart disease or those who are at high risk for coronary heart disease who were treated with this drug had few adverse side effects and few adverse cardiovascular effects. (medscape.com)
  • The American Heart Association (AHA) has promulgated its Get With the Guidelines program, which involves an Internet-based checklist of discharge medications to ensure that coronary artery disease (CAD) patients are started on aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and statins (if needed) in the hospital. (medscape.com)
  • Mustad V, Derr J, Reddy CC, Pearson TA, Kris-Etherton PM. Seasonal variation in parameters related to coronary heart disease risk in young men. (medscape.com)
  • Coronary artery disease 2014 Dec 25 (8): 658-64. (cdc.gov)
  • High On-Treatment Platelet Reactivity Determinants on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease Before Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention]. (cdc.gov)
  • Coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be the most common cause of death in Germany. (medscape.com)
  • SCAD was defined as epicardial coronary artery diameter stenosis ≥90% or epicardial coronary artery diameter stenosis ≥75% accompanied by symptoms or stress-induced myocardial ischemia. (medscimonit.com)
  • Therefore, in 2021, elective surgical interventions were also performed less frequently. (medscape.com)
  • performed a retrospective analysis of 23,887 patients who had undergone elective PCI, of whom 44.5% (10,629) underwent stress testing within 90 days prior to PCI. (bmj.com)
  • Patients with SCAD who underwent elective PCI at Shinonoi General Hospital were included. (medscimonit.com)
  • In the trial, five patients at India's Apex Heart Institute underwent an elective PCI procedure from a distance of approximately 20 miles away, Corindus said. (therobotreport.com)
  • After adjusting for patient characteristics known to be associated with bleeding, we found there remained a significant 6% to 8% per year reduction in annual bleeding risk in the unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and elective percutaneous coronary intervention patients who underwent PCI," Subherwal added. (drugtopics.com)
  • In June 1993, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the very first coronary stent, Gianturco-Roubin stent. (medscape.com)
  • [ 5 ] Cesar Gianturco, a radiologist, and Gary Roubin, an interventional cardiologist, designed this bare-metal coronary stent, which was manufactured and sold by Cook Inc. The Gianturco-Roubin stent was a balloon-expandable and coil-type stent manufactured using a flat 316 L stainless steel wire coil attached to a single longitudinal strut. (medscape.com)
  • In August 1994, the FDA approved the second coronary stent, the Palmaz-Schatz stent. (medscape.com)
  • [ 6 ] Julio C Palmaz, an interventional vascular radiologist, and Richard Schatz, an interventional cardiologist, designed this bare-metal coronary stent, which was manufactured and sold by Cordis. (medscape.com)
  • Coronary stent restenosis and the association with allergy to metal content of 316L stainless steel. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions: High short-term risk for acute cardiac events in asymptomatic middle-aged male runners is shown by stratification of validated biomarkers, which may render non-obstructive coronary atherosclerotic plaques vulnerable to rupture during marathons. (scirp.org)
  • The goal is to provide more options for safe and elective cardiac care treatments for patients. (assemblydems.com)
  • But the rate of cardiac interventions rose by 11 percent in one hospital region, St. Joseph, which is located on the southwestern side of the state along the Lake Michigan shore. (wskg.org)
  • The findings suggest that areas with more cardiac catheterization labs - places where patients are diagnosed for heart problems - tended to have more interventions. (wskg.org)
  • He is then transported to the emergency department and suffers cardiac arrest en route. (kathleenssugarandspice.com)
  • Following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), short-term clopidogrel therapy in addition to aspirin leads to greater protection from thrombotic complications than aspirin alone. (nih.gov)
  • The Clopidogrel for the Reduction of Events During Observation (CREDO) trial, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted among 2116 patients who were to undergo elective PCI or were deemed at high likelihood of undergoing PCI, enrolled at 99 centers in North America from June 1999 through April 2001. (nih.gov)
  • The Diagnostic Utility of the Point-of-Care CYP2C19 Genotyping Assay in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Dosing Clopidogrel: Comparison with Platelet Function Test and SNP Genotyping. (cdc.gov)
  • 65 years having elective noncardiac surgery from 2010 to 2015. (ices.on.ca)
  • Randomization achieved overall balance in baseline characteristics, except for coronary anatomy. (medscape.com)
  • Complex PCI, including unprotected left main, is being performed in some no-SOS centers, with no increase in major adverse cardiovascular events or emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery compared with PCI at surgical centers. (guidelinecentral.com)
  • There is some evidence to suggest that coenzyme Q 10 supplementation may be a useful adjunct to conventional medical therapy for congestive heart failure and in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. (oregonstate.edu)
  • [ 4 ] Three years later René Favoloro performed the first successful coronary bypass operation using the saphenous vein. (medscape.com)
  • Currently working at Chaoyang Hospital Heart Center of Capital Medical University, as the coronary interventional cardiologist. (escardio.org)
  • One study suggests that the maximal doses of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin resulted in significant regression of coronary atherosclerosis. (medscape.com)
  • Nissen SE, Tsunoda T, Tuzcu EM, Schoenhagen P, Cooper CJ, Yasin M. Effect of recombinant ApoA-I Milano on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a randomized controlled trial. (medscape.com)
  • Einstein's Protected PCI program has operated from a position of strength, but expansion this spring broadened the patient mix to include elective and urgent high-risk PCI patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Primary (Urgent) And Elective Angioplasties. (altaiecenter.com)
  • 7 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) was set up in 1999 in part to address these unwarranted variations in clinical practice and has identified over 800 clinical interventions for potential disinvestment. (bmj.com)
  • He is involved in three clinical trials at this time: K-23 funded PRO-HF (patient centered quality of life assessments), DOT-HF (mobile device based implementation trial), and a CAC notification pilot trial (patient centered coronary artery calcification notification). (stanford.edu)
  • Researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute who analyzed the American College of Cardiology (ACC) National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) CathPCI Registry found an approximate 20% reduction in PCI bleeding from 2005 to 2009 among patients with elective PCI, unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). (drugtopics.com)
  • Impact of CYP2C19 polymorphism on clinical outcome following coronary stenting is more important in non-diabetic than diabetic patients. (cdc.gov)
  • All reviews included key questions (KQs) or subquestions on how benefits and harms varied according to demographic (age, sex, race), clinical (severity and duration of pain, medical and psychiatric comorbidities, concomitant medications), and intervention (dose, duration, intensity) characteristics. (cdc.gov)
  • This is so because the group undergoing protected primary PCI presented unaltered CFI during the second as compared to the first coronary occlusion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nevertheless, the UK shows similar patterns of variation in use of medical and surgical interventions to those in the US, though less extreme in absolute terms. (bmj.com)
  • C orindus Vascular Robotics ' CorPath robotic surgical platform was used in a first-in-human telerobotic intervention study in India. (therobotreport.com)
  • Between 1997 and 2008, the rate of these procedures in Michigan dropped by 19 percent, as many doctors and patients opted for using drugs to treat patients - an approach that costs about $10,000 less than the $35,000 for surgical interventions, according to the analysis. (wskg.org)
  • Several randomized, controlled trials have assessed the efficacy of the upstream administration of tirofiban (Platelet Receptor Inhibition for ischemic Syndrome Management in Patients Limited to very Unstable Signs and symptoms [PRISM-PLUS] regimen) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS) (1,2) . (jacc.org)
  • Ischemic Heart Diseases: Chest Pain Evaluation, ECG Analysis, Appropriate Lab Tests, Non-Invasive Procedures, Invasive Coronary Angiogram And Intervention. (altaiecenter.com)
  • Association between high on-treatment platelet reactivity and occurrence of cerebral ischemic events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • STUDY GROUPS: 98 (75 male) consecutive patients were recruited to the study within one month of joining the waiting list for elective CABG at Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust. (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: This nurse led shared care intervention was shown to be effective for improving care for patients on the waiting list for CABG. (motivationalinterviewing.org)
  • A guiding catheter is inserted into a large peripheral artery and threaded to the appropriate coronary ostium. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Led by Drs. Richard Konstance and Andrew Maiolo, the diversified cardiology team comprised of expert cardiologists, interventionalists, and surgeons, perform a wide variety of elective and emergent therapies ranging from open surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), to the latest approaches in minimally invasive cardiovascular techniques such as peripheral vascular interventions, carotid stenting, transcutaneous aortic valve replacement/implantation and cryoablation, among others. (theroanokestar.com)
  • An initiative recently developed in the US and Canada called Choosing Wisely ( www.choosingwisely.org ) aims to change doctors' practice to align with best practice by getting them to stop using various interventions that are not supported by evidence, free from harm, and truly necessary, including those that duplicate tests or procedures already received. (bmj.com)
  • The differences between the parts of the state with the largest and smallest numbers of coronary interventions actually got wider as the number of procedures dropped overall. (wskg.org)
  • Elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures are now available at Inspira Medical Center Vineland. (inspirahealthnetwork.org)
  • COVID-19 has had a toll on the cardiovascular devices market due to the worldwide postponement of elective cardiovascular procedures as hospital visits have fallen. (medgadget.com)
  • Patients referred for elective transradial coronary procedures were eligible. (transfusionevidencelibrary.com)
  • How do common comorbidities modify the association of frailty with survival after elective noncardiac surgery? (ices.on.ca)
  • Understanding how comorbidities modify the association between frailty and survival could improve risk stratification and guide development of interventions. (ices.on.ca)