PCR Journal Club

The PCR Journal Club provides a selection of Literature Reviews of top interventional cardiovascular journals world-wide, selected and commented by the PCR Journal Club team.

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Intravascular lithotripsy for treatment of calcified coronary lesions: patient-level pooled analysis of the Disrupt CAD studies

11 May 2021

Using patient-level data from the Disrupt CAD I, II, III and IV trials, this pooled analysis assesses the efficacy and safety of intravascular lithotripsy in de novo calcified coronary lesions.

M. Pighi

Reviewer

Michele Pighi
Nicola Ryan

Reviewer

Nicola Ryan
IVL for treatment of CCL: patient-level pooled analysis of the Disrupt CAD studies

Impact of anesthesia strategy and valve type on clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

07 May 2021

The current analysis aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of the Edwards Sapien S3 and Medtronic Corevalve. Furthermore, conscious sedation (CS) and local anaesthesia have been reported to reduce adverse events compared to general anaesthesia (GA) in several observational studies, with a lack of randomised...

M. Pighi

Reviewer

Michele Pighi
Impact of anesthesia strategy and valve type on clinical outcomes after TAVR

Novel Supreme DES with early synchronized antiproliferative drug delivery to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation after DES implantation in coronary artery disease: results of the PIONEER III randomized clinical trial

06 May 2021

The PIONEER III trial aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of the biodegradable-polymer sirolimus-eluting Supreme stent compared to durable-polymer everolimus-eluting stent (Xience or Promus), completely releasing the drug by 120 days.

Daniele Giacoppo

Reviewer

Daniele Giacoppo
Novel Supreme DES with early synchronized antiproliferative drug delivery to inhibit SMC proliferation after DES implantation in CAD: results of the PIONEER III trial

Prognostic implications of cardiac damage classification based on computed tomography in severe aortic stenosis

03 May 2021

In the PARTNER II trial, a new staging system of extra-aortic valvular cardiac damage is proposed, using 2 D transthoracic echocardiography and its prognostic value. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prognostic value of such extra-aortic cardiac damage using MDCT in patients undergoing...

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag

Reviewer

Mirvat Alasnag
Salem Assiri

Reviewer

Salem Assiri
Prognostic implications of cardiac damage classification based on computed tomography in severe aortic stenosis

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction following transcatheter aortic valve replacement

04 May 2021

The aim of the current study was to determine the clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of STEMI after TAVR.

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher
STEMI following TAVR

Initial findings from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Registry

10 May 2021

This study aimed at assessing in-hospital outcomes of patients with confirmed COVID-19 and concomitant STEMI in a large dataset obtained from the Midwest STEMI Consortium.

Luigi Biasco

Reviewer

Luigi Biasco
Initial findings from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Registry

Impact of post-stenting fractional flow reserve on long-term clinical outcomes - The FFR-SEARCH Study

29 Apr 2021

The objective of this analysis was to prospectively investigate the clinical impact of post-PCI FFR values on long-term clinical outcomes.

M. Pighi

Reviewer

Michele Pighi
Impact of post-stenting fractional flow reserve on long-term clinical outcomes - The FFR-SEARCH Study

Uninterrupted oral anticoagulant therapy in patients undergoing unplanned percutaneous coronary intervention

13 Apr 2021

This large-scale analysis sought to compare interrupted and uninterrupted OAC therapy in patients taking OAC undergoing unplanned coronary angiography or PCI for suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Daniele Giacoppo

Reviewer

Daniele Giacoppo
Cumulative rate of outcomes

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with history of CABG undergoing cardiac catheterization via the radial versus femoral approach

07 Apr 2021

The aims of this study were to examine clinical and procedural outcomes in post-CABG patients who underwent diagnostic catheterization and/or PCI via the radial or femoral approach.

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Outcomes for radial versus femoral access among 1,279,058 procedures

Radial artery dilatation to improve access and lower complications during coronary angiography: the RADIAL trial

06 Apr 2021

The RADIAL study sought to explore the impact of prolonged occlusion flow-mediated dilatation (PO-FMD) in improving radial artery cannulation success.

Reviewer

Ali Nazmi Calik
Radial artery dilatation to improve access and lower complications during coronary angiography: the RADIAL trial