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Noam Shamai

Israel

Oval stenting in left pulmonary artery stenosis: a novel double balloon technique to prevent airway compression in single ventricle

29 Jan 2020

Left pulmonary artery (LPA) stenosis is common in patients with cavopulmonary connections. Stent implantation is the treatment of choice but may be complicated or contraindicated by left main bronchus (LMB) compression due to limited retro-aortic space after a Damus-Kaye-Stansel (DKS) or Norwood operation. This study describes...

Authors :

G. J. Krings, F. van der Stelt, M. M.C. Molenschot, J. M.P.J. Breur

Mohamed Abboud

Bad Krozingen, Germany

Mortality after repeat revascularization following PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting for left main disease: The EXCEL Trial

05 Feb 2020

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...

Reviewer

Mirvat Alasnag

Reviewer

Khaled Al-Shaibi

Tomoyuki Fujita

Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Kitamura

Nagoya, Japan

Hisatake Mori

Atsushi Okada

Suita, Osaka, Japan

Clare Appleby

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Zlatko Mehmedbegovic

Belgrade, Serbia

Anis Terzic

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Igor Tomas

Novi Sad, Serbia

Hiroyuki Kawano

Tokyo, Japan

"Rocky" right coronary artery

06 Feb 2020

74-year-old man with chest pain and a positive stress test with calcified coronary lesions. Nice example of calcium modification after rota burr in Optical Coherence Tomography.

Author

Jorge Andres Chavarria Viquez

Defining device success for PCI trials

05 Feb 2020

Percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of drug-eluting stents has become the most commonly performed revascularisation procedure in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. Continuous iterations of coronary devices incorporating changes in platform materials, geometry, strut thickness, drug release mechanisms and antiproliferative drugs have progressively reduced the rate...

Authors :

C. Chin Chang, N. Kogame, Y. Onuma, R. A. Byrne, D. Capodanno, S. Windecker, M.-A. Morel, D. E. Cutlip , M. W. Krucoff, G. W. Stone , A. J. Lansky, R. Mehran , E. Spitzer, A. G. Fraser, A. Baumbach, P. W. Serruys

How to use a Rotablator as single operator

24 Mar 2020

A single operator technique simplifies the procedure and removes the dependence on having a trained assistant. Discover the tips and solutions proposed by Joshua Loh.

Author

Joshua Loh

Miha Cercek

Slovenia

Rodolfo Citro

Salerno, Italy

Davide Di Vece

Zurich, Switzerland

Wolfgang Dichti

Austria