Coronary Intervention & Surgery

SCAI: Quality improvement track mirrors reform goals

This year, the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) will introduce a quality improvement track to its scientific sessions to position interventionalists as leaders in healthcare reform.

A Left-handed Complement to PCI

Most operators prefer a right radial approach for PCI, but left radial access offers some advantages that have begun to win over converts.

Coronary Intervention & Surgery

Patient variables may tip scale in multivessel CABG-PCI debate

Multivessel CABG may offer a survival benefit over multivessel PCI for the “average” patient, according to a study published online April 23 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. But for patients with no diabetes, heart failure, tobacco use and peripheral artery disease, multivessel PCI may provide better life expectancy.

Coronary Intervention & Surgery

Sicker patients, not PCI delays, may spur some poor outcomes

Nearly one in seven STEMI patients presenting at centers with PCI capabilities experienced nonsystem delays in door-to-balloon-time, and mortality rates were significantly higher in that patient group compared with nondelayed patients.

Coronary Intervention & Surgery

RAPID: Effectiveness of antiplatelets not so fast in some STEMI patients

A randomized clinical trial that compared prasugrel with ticagrelor in STEMI patients undergoing PCI offered differing results from previous studies that had been based on healthy volunteers or patients with stable coronary artery disease.

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Stent option for left main disease launched in Europe

St. Jude’s assessment tool gets nod in Europe

SCAI slides: Resolute at 3 years in patients with diabetes

Burton Sobel, award-winning cardiologist, dies

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TCT: Back beat by the bay

Carotid Stenting: Where Science & Policy Diverge

All studies, great and small

SCAI: 3 late-breaking clinical trials on docket

Gibson describes Boston cases as battlefield injuries