In patients with unprotected left main stenosis, there was no difference in all-cause mortality at 10 years between patients who had percutaneous coronary intervention and those who underwent coronary ...
This news is covered by the Medical Dialogues Bureau present at the TCT Conference 2025, being held in San Francisco, USA.At 10 years, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary ...
BOSTON -- Adding fuel to the controversy of revascularization for left main disease, patients had better survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery than percutaneous coronary ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing left main coronary artery plaque burden was associated with long-term all-cause and cardiac mortality ...
Sanna Uskela et al., at North Karelia Central Hospital-Heart Center, Finland, conducted a retrospective single-center registry study that focused on the use of drug-coated balloon (DCB)-only strategy ...
The treatment of left main coronary artery disease by percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with a smaller risk of severe cardiovascular events than coronary artery bypass grafting in the ...
IVUS image after PCI for a bifurcation LM lesion showing the minimal stent area and the maximal stent diameter. Photo Credit: Ahmed Bendary Use of intravascular imaging with IVUS to guide ...
Madrid, Spain – 31 August 2025: Routine coronary computed tomography (CCT)-based follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left main coronary artery did not reduce death, ...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) includes two primary forms: obstructive CAD (OCAD), caused by plaque buildup in the arteries, and nonobstructive CAD (NOCAD), often due to artery function issues like ...
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is when a section of the coronary artery widens to more than 1.5 times the size of nearby sections. It can lead to a heart attack, rupture of the affected artery, and ...