Igal Teplitsky

..13 to 0.96, p=0.045) for 30-day mortality. In conclusion, the present study suggested that previous therapy with statins in patients with STEMI treated using primary PCI may be associated with reduced short-term mortality...

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..We hypothesized that patients who develop late stent thrombosis may have reduced or dysfunctional EPCs, and aimed to compare EPC level and function in patients who experienced stent thrombosis vs. matched controls...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate whether addition of omega-3 fatty acids or increase in aspirin dose improves response to low-dose aspirin among patients who are aspirin resistant...

..The measurement of hematocrit can be used as a useful prognostic marker in patients with STEMI...

..Regardless of its mechanism, no-reflow was an independent predictor of increased mortality...

..These cardiac complications [not entirely prevented by continued dual antiplatelet agents] remain a matter of diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and concern...

..We investigated the incidence, predictors, and prognostic impact of peri-procedural bleeding in a cohort of unselected patients undergoing contemporary primary PCI...

..There are few data about percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in nonagenarians (patients aged > or =90 years). This study aimed to assess acute and intermediate term clinical outcomes among nonagenarian patients undergoing PCI...

..Objectives: The authors analyzed the outcomes of AMI patients with impaired renal function tests treated using primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), to determine factors associated with increased mortality risk...

..Here we compared outcomes of DES in de novo SVG lesions versus BMS in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)...

..The best therapeutic alternative for patients suffering from in-stent restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation remains to be elucidated...

..Thus, stenting the main-branch lesion, coupled with balloon angioplasty in the side branch, produces a high success rate and good clinical outcomes at 6 months...

..Larger studies are needed in order to identify potential contributors to this phenomenon...

..CONCLUSION: Cardiogenic shock remains an important cause of mortality in AMI. Younger age and the use of GP 2b/3a antagonists during primary PCI for cardiogenic shock patients seems to be associated with better clinical outcomes...

..7+/-9.1 min versus 19.6+/-12.4 min, respectively; P=0.05). Routine utilization of the ACIST system during diagnostic and interventional procedure significantly reduced the total amount of contrast media used and fluoroscopy time...

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..To explore the long-term results following implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) in bifurcation lesions according to contemporary "real world" practice...

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..5% versus 7.4%). Thus, primary angioplasty in the octogenarian patients, albeit feasible and relatively safe, is associated with 30-days death rates that are higher in octogenarian patients as compared to younger patients...

..Procedural outcomes and clinical prognosis is highly dependent on the nature of disease prior to angioplasty (e.g., elective vs. emergent procedure) as well as on protection of the LMCA by patent grafts...

..In contrast, cardiogenic shock has a profound negative prognostic impact on octogenarians despite 'aggressive' PCI attempts...

..CONCLUSIONS: The use of the FilterWire EX seems to be feasible and safe in suitable lesion subsets and in relatively large-sized vessels among patients who are at high risk for distal embolization...

..We evaluated the safety and efficacy of a 6 French (Fr) Perclose suturing device in achieving rapid hemostasis of the access site after PCI and thus improving patient comfort...

..9-116; p = 0.053). CONCLUSION: For the treatment of true bifurcation lesions, a strategy of stenting both vessels using bare metal stents seems to be associated with worse long-term results, as compared to stenting only the parent vessel...