Background Imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with
better clinical outcomes than angiography-guided PCI. Whether routine optical coherence …

Advances in stent technology and the design of endovascular devices with thinner struts,
anti‐inflammatory and antithrombotic polymers, and better drug kinetics have enhanced the …

Background Despite the detailed imaging information provided by optical coherence
tomography (OCT) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), clinical benefits of this …

Abstract Knowledge in the field of bifurcation lesions and chronic total occlusions (CTOs)
has progressively improved over the past 20 years. Therefore, the European Bifurcation …

Background Coronary bifurcation lesions (CBLs) are frequently encountered in clinical
practice and are associated with worse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention …

Aims Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) are at higher risk of adverse cardiovascular and renal events than non-diabetic …

Background Complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly performed in
older adults (age≥ 75 years) with stable ischemic heart disease. However, little is known …

Aims We sought to capture the daily practice of bifurcation stenting by means of a worldwide
registry and to investigate how post-implantation deployment techniques influence clinical …

Aim To assess the value of the thrombotic risk criteria proposed in the 2023 guidelines of the
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the management of acute coronary syndrome …

Background Whether ticagrelor in chronic coronary syndrome patients undergoing complex
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can prevent cardiovascular events is unknown …