Publications by authors named "Cristina Moreno Ambroj"

Article Synopsis
  • Antithrombotic treatment (ATT) after left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is debated, especially for patients at high bleeding risk.
  • This study compared simplified ATT, which involves single antiplatelet or no treatment, to conventional ATT, including dual antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy, in very high bleeding risk patients.
  • Results showed no significant differences in major adverse outcomes between the two treatment groups; however, patients with a history of major bleeding had a lower incidence of major bleeding with the simplified ATT.
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Introduction And Objectives: Transfemoral access is the most frequently used vascular approach in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions (CTO-PCI). The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of a transradial access CTO-PCI program and its impact on angiographic and clinical results and length of hospital stay.

Methods: Retrospective multicenter cohort study including 2550 consecutive CTO-PCI procedures included in a multicenter registry with accurate information on vascular access.

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Introduction And Objectives: Stenting of coronary bifurcation lesions carries an increased risk of stent deformation and malapposition. Anatomical and pathological observations indicate that the high stent thrombosis rate in bifurcations is due to malapposition of stent struts.

Methods: Strut apposition was assessed with optical coherence tomography (OCT) in bifurcation lesions treated either using the simple technique of stent implantation in the main vessel only or a complex technique (i.

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Aims: Dedicated bifurcation stents should facilitate deployment and improve coverage of bifurcational lesions. We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to assess bifurcation lesions treated with a dedicated stent implanted in the side branch (SB) in conjunction with drug eluting stents in the main vessel (MV) in a culotte-like fashion.

Methods And Results: Nine patients treated with the Tryton stent underwent postprocedural OCT examination.

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Background And Objective: Elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes, particularly elderly women, suffer higher mortality and more morbidity than their younger counterparts. We try to document the outcome, treatment received and prognostic factors in this group.

Patients And Method: All data for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in women aged >/= 75 admitted to our hospital from 2002 to 2007 were retrospectively collected, including epidemiological and clinical variables, vascular complications, in-hospital outcome and middle-term follow-up.

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