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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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

Magnetic resonance perfusion or fractional flow reserve in coronary disease

04 Jul 2019

The MR-INFORM study sought to compare the outcomes of a cardiovascular MRI-based strategy to an FFR-based strategy for guiding revascularisation in anginal patients. 

Panagiotis Xaplanteris

Reviewer

Panagiotis Xaplanteris
Magnetic resonance perfusion or fractional flow reserve in coronary disease

Prognostic implications of plaque characteristics and stenosis severity in patients with coronary artery disease

03 Jun 2019

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Prognostic implications of plaque characteristics and stenosis severity in patients with CAD

Impact of large periprocedural myocardial infarction on mortality after PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting for left main disease

17 Apr 2019

An analysis from the EXCEL trial

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Impact of large periprocedural myocardial infarction on mortality after PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting for left main disease

Antithrombotic therapy after acute coronary syndrome or PCI in atrial fibrillation (the AUGUSTUS trial)

19 Mar 2019

Erik Walter Holy

Reviewer

Erik Walter Holy

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest without ST-Segment Elevation

Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest without ST-Segment Elevation (The COACT trial)

19 Mar 2019

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Elad Asher

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest without ST-Segment Elevation