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Sanna Uskela et al., at North Karelia Central Hospital-Heart Center, Finland, conducted a retrospective single-center registry study that focused on the use of drug-coated balloon (DCB)-only strategy ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing left main coronary artery plaque burden was associated with long-term all-cause and cardiac mortality ...
IVUS image after PCI for a bifurcation LM lesion showing the minimal stent area and the maximal stent diameter. Photo Credit: Ahmed Bendary Use of intravascular imaging with IVUS to guide ...
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. In patients with unprotected stenosis of the left main ...
(UPDATED) If there’s an area of cardiology in need of reconciliation, revascularization of left main coronary artery disease would be a worthy candidate given the acrimony of the past few years. Now, ...
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is when a section of the coronary artery widens to more than 1.5 times the size of nearby sections. It can lead to a heart attack, rupture of the affected artery, and ...
Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Key Takeaways Bypass surgery is better than stents for serious heart disease.A stent is less invasive and usually faster to recover from than bypass ...
Patients in the landmark ISCHEMIA trial with intermediate left main disease had a greater extent of coronary artery disease on invasive angiography, indicating greater atherosclerotic burden. They ...
The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your heart. The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and ...