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

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 ...

While dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) effectively reduces thrombotic and ischaemic complications following percutaneous ...

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The aim of the present study [2] was to assess the relationship between PCI-related time delay and the effectiveness of the intervention in reducing death compared with lytic therapy in acute MI ...

Imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with better clinical outcomes than angiography-guided PCI. Whether routine optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance in PCI of ...

(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), ...

The Foundation for Health Care Quality Cardiac Care Outcomes Assessment Program awards for high quality care given to ...

Antiplatelet therapy, either aspirin alone or dual therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel, given after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can lower the occurrence of adverse thrombotic and ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Traditional percutaneous coronary intervention (T-PCI) has long been an effective method for treating ...

Catheter-based percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in adult patients has been introduced into clinical practice since 1977, which has dramatically ...

In a major step towards strengthening advanced cardiovascular care and competency-based medical education, the Department of ...