Background: The effectiveness and safety of traditional versus dual lumen microcatheter (DLMC)-assisted parallel wiring in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has received limited study.
Aims: To compare traditional versus dual lumen microcatheter (DLMC)-assisted parallel wiring.
Methods: We compared the clinical and angiographic characteristics and outcomes of traditional versus DLMC-assisted parallel wiring after failed antegrade wiring (AW) in a large, multicenter CTO PCI registry.
This study aimed to develop functional vegan ice creams (ICs) using red kidney bean milk (RKBM), with (RP) and without (R) probiotics (Bacillus coagulans ATCC 7050), and to compare their physicochemical, functional, and sensory properties with dairy counterparts. The IC samples had a dry matter content of 33.80%-35.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Whether side branch (SB) predilatation should be performed in patients undergoing bifurcation percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) remains controversial.
Methods: We performed an observational cohort study across six international centers from 2013 to 2024, as part of the Prospective Global Registry of PCI in Bifurcation Lesions (PROGRESS-BIFURCATION). We analyzed procedural characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing provisional bifurcation PCI with and without SB lesion predilatation.
Background: The outcomes and characteristics of patients with side branch occlusion (SBO) after bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have received limited study.
Methods: We compared the procedural characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without SBO among 933 provisional bifurcation PCIs performed in 803 patients at six centers between 2014 and 2024.
Results: The prevalence of SBO was 13% (n = 121).