Objectives: We sought to investigate the success rate and the acute and 12-month clinical
outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the …

Heart failure (HF) is a growing epidemic with the annual number of hospitalizations
constantly increasing over the last decades for HF as a primary or secondary diagnosis …

Aims Retrospective studies and post hoc analyses have suggested that mild elevations in
the creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) isoenzyme following percutaneous coronary intervention …

Strategies to improve management of patients with native valve endocarditis (NVE) are
needed because of persistently high morbidity and mortality. We sought to assess the impact …

Aims Despite advances in the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS),
cardiogenic shock (CS) remains the leading cause of death in these patients. We describe …

Objectives: In an in vitro model, the authors tested the hypotheses that: 1) lesion dimensions
correlate with lesion size index (LSI); and 2) LSI could predict lesion dimensions better than …

Background Age‐and sex‐specific differences exist in the treatment and outcome of ST‐
elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We sought to describe age‐and sex‐matched …

Background To describe drug adherence and treatment goals, and to identify the
independent predictors of smoking persistence and unsatisfactory lifestyle habits six months …

Objective To describe the evolution of clinical characteristics, in-hospital management and
early outcome of elderly patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) …

Background—Mild elevations of cardiac troponin are frequent after percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI). Their prognostic value is uncertain in the absence of changes in creatine …