Evolocumab therapy reduces the risk for major cardiovascular events in stable patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention.

Patients undergoing quantitative flow ratio-guided PCI had fewer major adverse cardiac events over 5 years than those treated ...

People with a buildup of fatty atherosclerotic plaque in the heart's arteries considered at risk of rupturing were far less likely to suffer a serious cardiac event if they underwent percutaneous ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among patients with high bleeding risk, percutaneous coronary intervention using ...

It remains unknown whether the recent trend of short dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) followed by P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy can simply be applied to patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary ...

Based on available data, the benchmark for a timely PCI intervention has become a D2B time of less than 90 minutes. In an effort to improve the timeliness of primary PCI, the D2B Alliance campaign ...

In patients with coronary artery disease who are being evaluated for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), procedures can be guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a procedure that opens blocked arteries and restores blood flow to the heart. Timely access to hospitals offering PCI services can be a matter of life or ...

A statewide effort to get hospitals in Michigan to lower their procedural radiation levels for PCI resulted in a steady decrease over a 6-year period, new data show. “We were really pleased to see ...

The intensity of antiplatelet therapy during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an important determinant of PCI-related ischemic complications. Cangrelor is a potent intravenous adenosine ...

Perioperative management of the patients after previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) is challenging and has been an important topic of discussion 1. Recent ...

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) refers to using fibrinolytic therapy to stabilize the patient while transport is being arranged to a primary PCI facility. This strategy receives a ...