Healio

Rotational atherectomy in CTO PCI yields similar long-term outcomes vs. conventional PCI

In patients undergoing PCI for chronic total occlusion, the use of rotational atherectomy appears to be safe and yields no difference in long-term clinical outcomes vs. conventional PCI, according to ...
Healio

No-reflow phenomenon less likely with distal filter protection in PCI

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a filter-based distal protection device reduced the incidence of the no-reflow phenomenon and was ...
Nature

Should fractional flow reserve be used to decide whether to perform percutaneous coronary intervention?

The use of an intracoronary hemodynamic technique, such as FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE (FFR), to determine the severity of a stenosis, can help when deciding whether to perform percutaneous coronary ...
TCTMD

Postconditioning Fails to Improve Outcomes in STEMI Patients Over Primary PCI Alone

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—Ischemic postconditioning with primary PCI is not associated with improved myocardial reperfusion or clinical outcomes, according to data from the POST trial. Joo-Yong Hahn, MD, of ...
EurekAlert!

Study finds QFR-guided lesion selection leads to better PCI outcomes compared with conventional angiography

ORLANDO – November 4, 2021 – The FAVOR III China trial found that lesion selection for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the non-invasively assessed physiologic measurement quantitative ...