Visual Scale as a Non-Invasive Method for Evaluation of Risk and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis.

Aim      To evaluate quantitative and qualitative characteristics of atherosclerotic plaques (ASP) in carotid arteries (CA) and femoral arteries (FA) and to use these data for developing a visual scale (VS) for noninvasive diagnosis and determination of severity of coronary atherosclerosis.Material and methods  This study included 216 patients (115 men and 101 women) aged 24 to 87 years (mean age, 61.5±10.

Radiofrequency Pulmonary Artery Ablation for Treatment of Residual Pulmonary Hypertension After Pulmonary Endarterectomy.

Objective: to assess the safety and efficiency of radiofrequency pulmonary artery ablation for treatment of residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy.

Material And Methods: Radiofrequency pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) was performed in 16 patients (10 men, mean age 39 years [26; 51]). Indication for PADN was mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) >25 mm Hg with absence of proximal pulmonary artery lesion according to computer tomography.

[Radiofrequency Pulmonary Artery Ablation for Treatment of Residual Pulmonary Hypertension After Pulmonary Endarterectomy].

Objective: to assess the safety and efficiency of radiofrequency pulmonary artery ablation for treatment of residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy.

Material And Methods: Radiofrequency pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) was performed in 16 patients (10 men, mean age 39 years [26; 51]). Indication for PADN was mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) >25 mm Hg with absence of proximal pulmonary artery lesion according to computer tomography.

Long-term outcome and predictors of adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions with Genous endothelium predecessor cell coated stents compared to drug eluting stents.

This clinical research paper summerazed the 3-year long study, performed by interventional specialists and scientists as well and designated to assess the efficacy the percutaneous coronary intervention with the different types of coronary stents.

[Reperfusion therapy for ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: development trends in the Russian Federation].

Based on the 2010-2012 data from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction, the authors analyzed the scope and pattern of emergency medical care for patients with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The proportion of patients undergoing emergency endovascular interventions of the total number of those with ST-segment elevation ACS was 22.3% in 2010, 22.