Catheterization

Ten-year extended follow-up of the PRECOMBAT trial demonstrates no difference in the incidence of major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events regardless of whether patients with unprotected left main CAD were treated with PCI with a first-generation drug-eluting stent or CABG.

At 1 year, women experienced similar target lesion failure and ischemic outcomes compared with men after PCI with a dual-therapy stent, according to research published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, patients with STEMI have been delaying first medical contact, perhaps because of reluctance to visit a hospital, according to a research letter published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Among patients undergoing PCI for ACS, elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was associated with a significant increase in risk for all-cause mortality.

The International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy, held Jan. 22 to 25 in Hollywood, Florida, tackled many of the hottest topics in endovascular intervention. To obtain the key take-home messages from ISET 2020, Healio spoke with experts in the field including Robert Lookstein, MD, MHCDL, FSIR, FAHA, FSVM, from Mount Sinai Health System; Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI, from Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Centers for Amputation Prevention in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Constantino S. Peña, MD, FAHA, FSCCT, FSIR, from Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine; and Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, from Massachusetts General Hospital.

Chronic total occlusion PCI performed in Latin America is primarily done for angina relief, had a success rate of more than 80% and conferred low incidence of MACE, despite resources that are limited compared with other regions, according to an analysis published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

Artificial intelligence-based analysis of chest X-rays was able to successfully predict the pulmonary to systemic flow ratio in patients with congenital heart disease with greater efficacy than trained pediatric cardiologists, according to findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

The timely diagnosis and treatment of patients with fulminant myocarditis is critical for favorable outcomes, according to a scientific statement by the American Heart Association published in Circulation.

Healio asked experts for their key takeaways from the ISCHEMIA and ISCHEMIA-CKD trials of invasive vs. conservative strategies in patients with stable ischemic heart disease.

PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with ACS, patients with symptomatic HIV appear to be less aggressively treated with diagnostic catheterization, PCI and CABG compared with patients with no or asymptomatic HIV, according to findings presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions.