A new study led by clinician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) testing the safety and effectiveness of anticoagulant strategies for patients with atrial fibrillation who undergo stenting procedures ...
Nov 14, 2016
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The Baim Institute has announced that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI study is complete. The study evaluates the safety and efficacy of dabigatran etexilate in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients ...
Nov 14, 2016
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Two differing blood clot prevention medications are just as safe and effective for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, a non-surgical procedure to open blood vessels narrowed by plaque buildup, according ...
Nov 14, 2016
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(HealthDay)—There is no indication of postprocedural cognitive impairment for patients undergoing coronary angiography (CA) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study published in the Nov. 15 issue ...
Nov 8, 2016
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A randomized evaluation of routine follow-up coronary angiography after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) found that there was no long-term clinical benefit compared to clinical follow-up alone among unselected patients ...
Nov 1, 2016
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Two-year results from COLOR, the first large-scale multicenter prospective study of its kind, found that PCI on coronary artery lipid-rich plaque (LRP) detected by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was not associated with ...
Nov 1, 2016
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(HealthDay)—For patients with left main coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with everolimus-eluting stents is noninferior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), according to a study published ...
Nov 1, 2016
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A large-scale randomized trial examining percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) in patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) and low-intermediate SYNTAX scores ...
Oct 31, 2016
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Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is most commonly guided by angiography alone, results from a new study investigating adjunctive imaging modalities showed that the use of a novel optical coherence tomography ...
Oct 31, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Five-year outcomes are similar for patients with coronary artery disease who undergo off-pump or on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), according to a study published online Oct. 23 in the New England ...
Oct 24, 2016
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