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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Three-year outcomes of the DKCRUSH-V trial comparing DK crush with provisional stenting for left main bifurcation lesions

15 Oct 2019

DKCRUSH-V showed lower rates of target lesion failure at one year in the DKCRUSH arm, mainly driven by increased rates of target vessel MI. In this paper, the authors report the extended follow-up to three years.

Nicola Ryan

Reviewer

Nicola Ryan
Dejan Milasinovic

Reviewer

Dejan Milasinovic
Three-year outcomes of the DKCRUSH-V trial comparing DK crush with provisional stenting for left main bifurcation lesions

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: an updated meta-analysis

22 Oct 2019

Owing to new evidence from randomized controlled trials in low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, the authors compared the collective safety and efficacy of TAVI vs. SAVR across the entire spectrum of surgical risk patients...

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher
TAVI vs. surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: an updated meta-analysis

Ticagrelor with or without aspirin in high-risk patients after PCI

07 Oct 2019

The TWILIGHT trial was designed to test the hypothesis that in patients undergoing PCI who are at high risk for ischemic or hemorrhagic complications and who have completed a 3-month course of DAPT with ticagrelor plus aspirin, continued treatment with ticagrelor monotherapy would be superior to ticagrelor...

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher
Ticagrelor with or without aspirin in high-risk patients after PCI

Impact of long-term ticagrelor monotherapy following 1-month dual antiplatelet therapy in patients who underwent complex percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the Global Leaders trial

16 Sep 2019

GLOBAL LEADERS was a randomized, open-label, superiority trial in patients who underwent PCI with a biolimus A9-eluting stent for stable CAD or ACS...

Jacek Bil

Reviewer

Jacek Bil
Dejan Milasinovic

Reviewer

Dejan Milasinovic
Impact of long-term ticagrelor monotherapy following 1-month DAPT in patients who underwent complex PCI

Cognitive decline before and after incident coronary events

05 Sep 2019

Reviewer

Romain Didier
Mehdi Hadid

Reviewer

Mehdi Hadid
Cognitive decline before and after incident coronary events

Same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society

06 Aug 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate national temporal trends in same-day discharge (SDD) and compare clinical outcomes with those among patients admitted for overnight stay undergoing elective PCI for stable angina.

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Same-day discharge after elective PCI insights from the BCIS

Clinical outcomes of state-of-the-art percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with three-vessel disease: two-year follow-up of the SYNTAX II study

10 Jul 2019

The 2-year results of the SYNTAX II study seem to primarily underscore the potential to improve patient outcomes by refining the technique and technology of PCI.

Dejan Milasinovic

Reviewer

Dejan Milasinovic
Journal Club: Clinical outcomes of state-of-the-art percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with three-vessel disease

Procedural volume and outcomes for transcatheter aortic-valve replacement

10 Jul 2019

The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between volume of TAVR procedures and 30-day outcomes, to determine the persistence of a volume–outcome association...

Luigi Biasco

Reviewer

Luigi Biasco
Procedural volume and outcomes for transcatheter aortic-valve replacement

Effect of P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy vs dual antiplatelet therapy on cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

09 Jul 2019

Results of the SMART-CHOICE randomized clinical trial

Daniele Giacoppo

Reviewer

Daniele Giacoppo
Effect of P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy vs DAPT on cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Effect of 1-month dual antiplatelet therapy followed by clopidogrel vs 12-month dual antiplatelet therapy on cardiovascular and bleeding events in patients receiving PCI

09 Jul 2019

Results of the STOPDAPT-2 randomized clinical trial

Daniele Giacoppo

Reviewer

Daniele Giacoppo
Effect of 1-month DAPT followed by clopidogrel vs 12-month DAPT on cardiovascular and bleeding events in patients receiving PCI