Journal of interventional cardiology
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We sought to examine the relationship between preoperative platelet function and perioperative bleeding in patients undergoing CABG. ⋯ We observed little correlation among 4 platelet function tests, and between those assays and perioperative bleeding defined 2 different ways. Whether any of these assays should be used to guide decision making in individual patients is unclear.
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Review Meta Analysis
Preventive versus culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients with multivessel disease: a meta-analysis.
Although previous studies have suggested clinical benefits of complete revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, it is still controversial whether preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) leads to better clinical outcomes in the clinical setting of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). ⋯ Preventive PCI strategy appears to be effective in reducing the risk of repeat revascularization without significant benefits for mortality or MI when compared with culprit-only revascularization in STEMI patients with multivessel disease.
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To investigate the outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by refractory cardiogenic shock (CS) who underwent mechanical circulatory support with Impella 2.5. ⋯ Impella 2.5 was initiated as a last resort therapy to support very sick patients with refractory CS after failed conventional therapy. The use of the device yielded favorable short and mid-term survival results with recovery being the most frequently observed outcome.
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Pre-hospital ECG and emergency department (ED) bypass direct to the catheter laboratory may optimize reperfusion times for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Questions remain over feasibility and safety during off hours. ⋯ In a unit with an established field triage system facilitating ED bypass, reperfusion times and mortality are not significantly influenced by whether the patient presents during standard working hours or outside of these hours.
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The prevalence of coronary sinus and left circumflex artery overlap in relation to the mitral valve.
Characterize where the circumflex artery crosses between the coronary sinus and mitral valve in order to minimize the occurrence of coronary compression during percutaneous indirect mitral valve interventions. ⋯ The prevalence of circumflex overlap between the coronary sinus and mitral valve was common across the sample size. The large variability in anatomy confirms the value of imaging individual patient cardiac anatomy prior to performing indirect percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty to avoid impairment to the circumflex artery. This novel database can be utilized in the development of additional cardiac therapies that require access to the coronary sinus, such as therapeutic ablations.