PCR Journal Club

The presented results appear to further strengthen the notion that operator’s experience may be an important effect modifier in LM PCI.

TAVR with self-expandable bioprosthesis appears to be an acceptable therapeutic strategy in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease.

This work aimed at assessing the respective influence of interatrial shunt size and presence of ASA on the risk of recurrent stroke in medically treated patients after an index cryptogenic ischemic stroke in patients with PFO without evidence of alternative causes.

This study compares outcomes of patients enrolled in the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) registry treated using a strategy of MV-PCI vs CV-PCI and examines outcomes in patients treated with early MCS.

The investigators proposed rapid atrial pacing (RAP) to further risk-stratify patients for post-TAVR PPI. Atrial pacing can be easily performed during the TAVR procedure since a temporary pacemaker (TPM) is routinely positioned in the right ventricle during valve implantation.

This 10-year follow-up of the randomised PRECOMBAT trial adds to the already published long-term randomised comparisons of PCI vs. CABG for LM disease, including the data from SYNTAX (10 years), EXCEL (5 years) and NOBLE (5 years) trials.

VOYAGER-PAD (presented at the ACC 2020 Scientific Sessions Virtual Event) evaluates whether rivaroxaban plus aspirin is better than aspirin alone in reducing MALE in symptomatic patients undergoing lower limb revascularisation.

The ISCHEMIA trial was designed to evaluate the clinical impact of systematic invasive management in patients with stable ischemic heart disease and significant inducible ischemia. Read this review by guest expert reviewers Francesco Burzotta and Carlo Trani.

The objective of the Intracoronary Stenting and Antithrombotic Regimen: Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (ISAR-REACT) 5 trial is to test the hypothesis that the ticagrelor strategy is superior to prasugrel strategy in patients with ACS in a composite clinical outcomes.

This retrospective study represents the first direct comparison among different transcatheter SEVs in patients characterized by small annuli undergoing TAVI.