Based on available data, the benchmark for a timely PCI intervention has become a D2B time of less than 90 minutes. In an effort to improve the timeliness of primary PCI, the D2B Alliance campaign ...

According to results published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, announcing endovascular equipment, implant and medication costs in the catheterization lab can significantly affect ...

Data regarding clinical outcomes after optical coherence tomography (OCT)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as compared with angiography-guided PCI are limited. In this prospective, ...

Monotherapy with a P2Y 12 inhibitor after a minimum period of dual antiplatelet therapy is an emerging approach to reduce the risk of bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In a ...

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces in-hospital mortality compared with a strategy of initial thrombolysis. However, the ...

A statewide effort to get hospitals in Michigan to lower their procedural radiation levels for PCI resulted in a steady decrease over a 6-year period, new data show. “We were really pleased to see ...

Renee Y. Hsia ([email protected]), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Yu-Chu Shen, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California; and National Bureau of Economic ...

In patients with non–flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plus optimal medical therapy reduced the risk for adverse cardiac events and death compared with optimal ...

Washington, D.C. – May 1, 2025 – New findings from FAVOR III China Trial, presented today as late-breaking science at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2025 Scientific ...