The renal angina index (RAI) is a validated scoring tool for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI). We investigated the efficacy of the RAI in 2436 heterogeneous patients (mean age, 70 years) treated in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs). The RAI...
EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 19(11) e891-e902 2023年12月
BACKGROUND: Even with intracoronary imaging-guided stent optimisation, suboptimal haemodynamic outcomes post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be related to residual lesions in non-stented segments. Preprocedural assessment of pathophys...
BACKGROUND: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) followed by computed tomography angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) is now commonly used for the management of chronic coronary syndrome (CCS). CTA-verified high-risk plaqu...
Cardiovascular intervention and therapeutics 38(2) 166-176 2023年4月
Drug-coated balloon (DCB) technology was developed to deliver the antiproliferative drugs to the vessel wall without leaving any permanent prosthesis or durable polymers. The absence of foreign material can reduce the risk of very late stent failu...
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 87(6) 857-865 2023年3月
BACKGROUND: P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy without aspirin immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been tested in East Asian patients, so in this study we aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of reduced dose (3.75 mg/...
Muramatsu T   Nauta S   Onuma Y   Diletti R   Karanasos A   Ishibashi Y   Regar E   Mieghem NV   Ozaki Y   Jaegere PD   Serruys PW   Zijlstra F   Geuns R-J V