A Novel Closed-Loop Balloon-Stent Embolization for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Perforation.

Coronary artery perforation is a serious and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Although there are a few treatment options available, such as coil or fat tissue embolization and stent-graft implantation, the closed-loop balloon-stent technique can be especially effective for thin vessel ruptures. In this case report, we demonstrate the successful application of the closed-loop balloon-stent embolization for a perforation of the distal left anterior descending artery, a procedure which, to our knowledge, has not been previously documented in the literature.

Clinical implication of totally occluded infarct-related coronary artery in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the TOTAL-NSTEMI study.

Background: A subset ofpatients found to have total occlusion of the culprit artery (TOCA), present with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and elevated biomarkers. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of the TOCA in patients presenting with NSTEMI.

Methods: This multicenter observational study was retrospectively conducted between 2015 and 2019.

A Novel Marker Indicating Restenosis in Superficial Femoral Artery: C Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio.

Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) to albumin ratio (CAR) for predicting restenosis in superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions and its association with subsequent clinical outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular intervention.

Methods: The records of 685 consecutive patients who underwent endovascular intervention due to symptomatic peripheral artery disease were analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups, based on the CAR values.

Impact of iliac arterial calcification on procedure success and long-term outcomes among patients undergoing endovascular intervention.

Objectives: Vascular calcification is a well-known phenomenon and affects coronary and carotid arteries as well as other arterial beds. Presence of arterial calcification is associated with major adverse events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary artery or carotid artery intervention. Even though there is a clear association between worse outcome and coronary-carotid calcification, there is no research that interrogated the relationship between iliac arterial calcification and clinical outcomes because of lack of data.

Relationship between impaired repolarization parameters and poor cardiovascular clinical outcomes in patients with potentially serious coronary artery anomalies.

Background: Congenital coronary artery anomalies (CCAAs) have the potential for life-threatening complications, including malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between impaired repolarization parameters and poor cardiovascular clinical outcomes in patients with potentially serious CCAAs.

Methods: This retrospective study included 85 potentially serious CCAA patients (mean age: 54.

Impaired repolarization parameters may predict fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (from the CILICIA Registry).

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is significantly associated with high risk of fatal ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Increased frontal QRST angle (fQRSTa), Tpe interval, and Tp-e/QTc ratio are described as ventricular repolarization parameters which are related to arrhythmias. In this study, we aimed to investigate the predictive value of these repolarization parameters for fatal VAs in patients with HCM.

The relationship between incomplete surgical obliteration of the left atrial appendage and thromboembolic events after mitral valve surgery (from the ISOLATE Registry).

Left atrial appendage (LAA) is a common site of thrombus formation especially in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Complete surgical LAA closure (cSLC) is the surgical aim, however incomplete surgical LAA closure (iSLC) is not rare. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the risk of thromboembolic complications (TEC) in AF patients with iSLC after mitral valve surgery.