PCR Journal Club

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.

The objective of this analysis was to investigate the potential benefits of FKI in bifurcations treated with new generation ultrathin stents using a 1- or 2-stent technique.

This metanalysis demonstrates similar long-term mortality after PCI with DES compared with CABG in patients with LMCAD. Nor were there significant differences in cardiac death, stroke, or MI between PCI and CABG. Unplanned revascularization procedures were less common after CABG compared with PCI.

This registry-based analysis evaluated the impact of standardisation of IVUS guidance on the results of LM PCI.

This retrospective analysis of the BCIS nationwide database compares the outcomes of unprotected left main PCI with and without the use of intravascular imaging (IVUS or OCT).

This study is a sub-analysis of the EXCEL (Evaluation of XIENCE Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization) trial. Its aim is to evaluate the rate and impact of repeat revascularization of the Left Main coronary artery using modern PCI or surgical...

The CvLPRIT trial demonstrated that at one-year MACE (all-cause death, recurrent MI, heart failure and ischaemia driven revascularisation) was significantly lower in the CR group compared to the IRA group with no differences in safety endpoints. In this paper, the authors report the extended follow-up to...

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.

An analysis from the EXCEL trial

This joint review is part of the PCRonline GLOBAL Journal Club Initiative by selected members of the EAPCI/PCR Journal Club and PCR NextGen, and is based on the underlying idea of “Bringing peers together, exchanging ideas, towards a common standard of care”.