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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Quantitative coronary angiography vs intravascular ultrasonography to guide drug-eluting stent implantation - a randomized clinical trial

21 Mar 2024

The trial aimed to establish the non-inferiority of QCA-guided PCI compared to IVUS-guided PCI with respect to the primary endpoint of TLF at 12 months, defined as a composite of cardiac death, target vessel MI, or ischemia-driven target lesion revascularization.

Giovanni Occhipinti

Reviewer

Giovanni Occhipinti

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
QCA vs IVUS to guide DES implantation - a randomized clinical trial

Non–vitamin K antagonist versus vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant agents after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

19 Mar 2024

This study demonstrates that, at 5 years post TAVI in patients with an indication for OAC, the net clinical benefit did not differ between the VKA and DOAC groups.

Nicola Ryan

Reviewer

Nicola Ryan
Aleksandra Gasecka

Reviewer

Aleksandra Gasecka
Non–vitamin K antagonist vs vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant agents after TAVR

Applying the TRILUMINATE eligibility criteria to real-world patients receiving tricuspid valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

19 Mar 2024

This study, based on the trial inclusion and exclusion criteria, aimed to compare outcomes in a contemporary “real-world” T-TEER cohort stratified by TRILUMINATE eligibility or ineligibility.

Jonathan Curio

Reviewer

Jonathan Curio
Karl-Philipp Rommel

Reviewer

Karl-Philipp Rommel
Applying the TRILUMINATE eligibility criteria to real-world patients receiving tricuspid valve TEER

Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel for complex percutaneous coronary intervention in chronic coronary syndrome

15 Mar 2024

The results of this sub-analysis of the ALPHEUS trial show that complex PCI criteria are present in a large percentage of patients with chronic coronary syndrome and are associated with higher rates of both periprocedural events and MACE than non-complex PCI.

Sylwia Iwanczyk

Reviewer

Sylwia Iwanczyk
Nicola Ryan

Reviewer

Nicola Ryan
Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel for complex PCI in chronic coronary syndrome

Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve implantation: 10-year outcomes of the NOTION trial

13 Mar 2024

The NOTION trial provides the first ten-year data comparing clinical outcomes and valve durability between TAVI and SAVR in the lower risk population.

Nicola Ryan

Reviewer

Nicola Ryan
Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve implantation: 10-year outcomes of the NOTION trial

Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair vs. isolated mitral surgery for severe mitral regurgitation: a French nationwide study

06 Mar 2024

The present analysis represents the largest comparison between surgical vs. percutaneous repair of mitral valve. 

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair vs. isolated mitral surgery for severe mitral regurgitation: a French nationwide study

Medically treated nonischemic thin-cap fibroatheroma lesions versus fractional flow reserve-guided complete revascularization in diabetic patients

27 Feb 2024

This sub-analysis denotes that medically treated diabetic patients with FFR-negative, TCFA-carrying target lesions were associated with a higher rate event rate compared to angiographically similar ischemic target lesions that underwent revascularization.

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag

Reviewer

Mirvat Alasnag
Medically treated nonischemic thin-cap fibroatheroma lesions vs FFR-guided complete revascularization in diabetic patients

Artificial intelligence-derived risk score for mortality in secondary mitral regurgitation treated by transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: the EuroSMR risk score

13 Feb 2024

The study aim was to develop and validate a novel score for prediction of 1-year mortality and clinical outcomes through artificial intelligence (AI) application in patients undergoing M-TEER.

Luigi Biasco

Reviewer

Luigi Biasco
Federico Giacobbe

Reviewer

Federico Giacobbe
AI-derived risk score for mortality in secondary MR treated by TEER: the EuroSMR risk score

Pretreatment with P2Y12 inhibitors in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction - insights from the Bern-PCI Registry

26 Jan 2024

This study sought to compare outcomes between patients presenting with STEMI before and after the recent ESC guidelines for the management of ACS recommend against pre-treatment with P2Y12 inhibitors in STEMI patients.

Reviewer

Leonidas Koliastasis
Panagiotis Xaplanteris

Reviewer

Panagiotis Xaplanteris
Pretreatment with P2Y12 inhibitors in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction - insights from the Bern-PCI Registry

Coronary physiology guidance vs conventional angiography for optimization of percutaneous coronary intervention: the AQVA-II Trial

24 Jan 2024

The primary aim of this study was to demonstrate the superiority of physiology-guided PCI, using either angiography or microcatheter-derived FFR, over conventional angiography-based PCI in complex high-risk indicated procedures (CHIPs) in obtaining a higher FFR post-PCI.

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
Coronary physiology guidance vs conventional angiography for optimization of percutaneous coronary intervention: the AQVA-II Trial