Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on a Regional Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Service During the First Wave of COVID-19 [0.03%]
COVID-19疫情第一波期间某地区急性冠状动脉综合征经皮冠状动脉介入治疗服务的提供情况及其影响因素分析
Adeogo Akinwale Olusan,Peadar Devlin
Adeogo Akinwale Olusan
Background: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy in ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI). This study evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on the authors' pPCI service. Methods: A retrospective study...
Rhys Gray,Kiran Sarathy
Rhys Gray
Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valvular lesion in Australia, with a rising prevalence in line with the ageing population. Recent trials have demonstrated the efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) versus surgic...
Benjamin Honton,Jacques Monsegu
Benjamin Honton
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is a novel approach to lesion preparation of severely calcified plaques in coronary and peripheral vessels. Lithotripsy is delivered by vaporising fluid to create an expanding bubble that generates sonic pres...
Futility in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Search for Clarity [0.03%]
经导管主动脉瓣植入术无效率：寻找清晰度
Kush P Patel,Thomas A Treibel,Paul R Scully et al.
Kush P Patel et al.
Although transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has revolutionised the landscape of treatment for aortic stenosis, there exists a cohort of patients where TAVI is deemed futile. Among the pivotal high-risk trials, one-third to half ...
Invasive Haemodynamic Assessment Before and After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Guide to Current Practice [0.03%]
植入左 ventricular assist device 前后侵入性血流动力学评估：当前实践指南
Jesus Gonzalez,Paul Callan
Jesus Gonzalez
Mechanical circulatory support for the management of advanced heart failure is a rapidly evolving field. The number of durable long-term left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantations increases each year, either as a bridge to heart tr...
Advances in the Post-coronary Artery Bypass Graft Management of Occlusive Coronary Artery Disease [0.03%]
冠脉旁路移植术后缺血性心脏病的治疗进展
Mohammed Shamim Rahman,Ruben de Winter,Alex Nap et al.
Mohammed Shamim Rahman et al.
Revascularisation of chronic total occlusion (CTO) represents one of the most challenging aspects of percutaneous coronary intervention, but advances in equipment and an understanding of CTO revascularisation techniques have resulted in con...
Daniel Tze Yee Ang,Colin Berry
Daniel Tze Yee Ang
Ischaemia with non-obstructed coronary artery disease (INOCA) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. An anatomical investigationbased approach to ischaemic heart disease fails to account for disorders of vasomotion. The main INOCA ...
Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Through the Lens of Artificial Intelligence [0.03%]
人工智能视角下的心血管影像与介入治疗
Karthik Seetharam,Sirish Shrestha,Partho P Sengupta
Karthik Seetharam
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence in machines so they can perform various actions and execute decision-making. Machine learning (ML), a branch of AI, can analyse information from data and discover novel pa...
Claudia Cosgrove,Kalaivani Mahadevan,James C Spratt et al.
Claudia Cosgrove et al.
Coronary artery calcification is prevalent in chronic total occlusions (CTO), particularly in those of longer duration and post-coronary artery bypass. The presence of calcium predicts lower procedural success rates and a higher risk of com...
Is This the Prime Time for Transradial Access Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy? [0.03%]
经桡动脉途径左心室心内膜心肌活检的黄金时期来临了吗？
Zaccharie Tyler,Oliver P Guttmann,Konstantinos Savvatis et al.
Zaccharie Tyler et al.
Left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is an essential tool in the management of myocarditis and is conventionally performed via transfemoral access (TFA). Transradial access EMB (TRA-EMB) is a novel alternative and the authors sought...