While the noninvasive methods used different technologies to calculate flow, both were noninferior to the gold standard.

Assessing intermediate coronary lesions with an intracoronary pressure wire improves clinical outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BARCELONA, Spain — Results from the FAMOUS NSTEMI trial have shown that in addition to being safe and feasible, ...

Morton Kern, MD, of the University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA), often engages his colleagues via email in brief, informal dialogue on clinically relevant topics in interventional cardiology.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LONDON — Patients with suspected CAD planned for invasive catheterization were less likely to undergo an ...

A novel, minimally invasive method of determining whether fatty deposits in a coronary artery are restricting blood flow to a patient's heart performed similarly to the standard, more-invasive ...

In recent years interventional cardiologists have started to use a new catheter technique, called fractional flow reserve (FFR), in an attempt to assess which blocked vessels might benefit from a ...

Two trials carve out a clear place for angiography-based fractional flow reserve in the ca ...

Dr Mehran has served as an advisor or consultant for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Regado Biosciences, Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Merck, and Maya Medical. She has ...

PARIS -- For patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), a percutaneous combined intervention worked surprisingly well relative to surgery, the ...