Background Patients at high risk for bleeding who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) often receive bare-metal stents followed by 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy. …

Aims Functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) contributes to morbidity and mortality in heart
failure (HF) patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether percutaneous mitral …

Objectives : This study sought to evaluate the effects of the Carillon device on mitral regurgitation
severity and left ventricular remodeling. Background : Functional mitral regurgitation (…

Objective Functional (or secondary) mitral regurgitation (FMR) is associated with greater
morbidity and worse outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and …

Aims The choice of resynchronization therapy between with (CRT-D) and without (CRT-P) a
defibrillator remains a contentious issue. Cause-of-death analysis among CRT-P, compared …

OBJECTIVES In a multicenter, randomized trial, systematic stenting using the Wiktor stent
was compared to conventional balloon angioplasty with provisional stenting for the treatment …

Background Stenting has been demonstrated to be superior to balloon angioplasty in de
novo focal lesions located in large native vessels. However, in small vessels, the benefit of …

BACKGROUND: Single center studies using serial cerebral diffusion-weighted magnetic
resonance imaging in patients having cardiac catheterization have suggested that cerebral …

BACKGROUND: Thrombus aspiration devices have been shown to improve reperfusion
criteria and to reduce distal embolization in patients treated by percutaneous coronary …

The Carillon Mitral Contour System has been studied in 3 nonrandomized trials in patients
with symptomatic congestive heart failure and functional mitral regurgitation. The REDUCE …