TCTMD

Even After Multivessel or LM PCI, Routine Stress Testing Adds Nothing

Even in patients with multivessel or left main coronary artery disease, routine functional testing after PCI adds no benefit, according to a new subanalysis of the POST-PCI trial supporting the ...
TCTMD

Routine Functional Testing Unnecessary After Stenting: POST-PCI

After PCI, there is no value to routine functional testing above and beyond standard care in high-risk patients, new data suggest. Doing such follow-up at 1 year had no impact on 2-year clinical ...
techtimes

Beyond Compliance: Maximizing Security with PCI Penetration Testing

Industry standards compliance alone cannot guarantee robust security in the face of the significant threats posed by data breaches and cyberattacks on businesses and their customers. However, by going ...
Healio

Most veterans who had stress testing within 2 years after PCI had obstructive CAD symptoms

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Among veterans who underwent post-elective PCI stress ...
MedPage Today

Routine Stress Testing Didn't Offer Benefits to High-Risk Patients Post-PCI

BARCELONA – Routine functional testing after percutaneous cardiac interventions (PCI) did not boost clinical outcomes at 2 years in high-risk patients, according to the POST-PCI trial. The composite ...
American Banker

PCI Council Provides For Encryption Testing Of Devices

Device-testing occurs at any of seven PCI labs located in Europe, Asia and North America. If a new device from a manufacturer fails the test, it likely could be remedied with a software fix, but if an ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Point-of-Care Genetic Testing Feasible After PCI

(HealthDay News) – For patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), point-of-care genetic testing is feasible and identifies carriers of a CYP2C19*2 allele with high sensitivity and ...
News Medical

Clinical trial using genetic testing to guide antiplatelet therapy post-PCI falls short of stated goal

An international clinical trial that used genetic testing to guide which antiplatelet medication was given to patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not meet its stated goal ...
Nature

Elective PCI is commonly performed without prior stress testing for ischemia

The number of patients who undergo elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable coronary artery disease is increasing. However, whether many of these patients have documented ischemia ...
InfoWorld

Where PCI compliance fails: Security testing, network monitoring

If you ask most folks in business IT to finish the sentence “PCI compliance is _____”, the single most unironic and demonstrative answer you’d probably get would be “hard.” A big part of why PCI is ...
Medscape

Genetic Testing Spots Clopidogrel Responders After PCI for STEMI

PARIS — Genetic testing to determine which ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will respond to clopidogrel, and then giving ...