Publications by authors named "E F Poletti"
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- Heavily calcified coronary artery disease complicates percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), requiring advanced techniques like cutting balloons (CB), which need standardization for better effectiveness.
- The study presents the RODIN-CUT technique, which involves sequential CB inflations guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to improve plaque modification and stent expansion in difficult cases.
- Results indicate that RODIN-CUT achieved high procedural success rates and minimal complications, suggesting it could be a simple and cost-effective method for treating calcified lesions, though larger studies are needed to confirm its validity.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Distal trans-radial access (dTRA) for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is increasingly gaining attention due to its potential to mitigate radial artery occlusion (RAO). However, a comprehensive understanding of the mechanical impact of the devices on the radial artery (RA) wall remains limited. Using a complete intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) evaluation of the RA, including also the vascular access site, we aimed to evaluate all the consequences related to the catheterization on the RA wall, starting from the vascular access, comparing conventional sheath and sheathless approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) are associated with an increased chance of untreatable symptoms and worse prognosis. However, limited data are available about the interaction between treatment strategy, potential ischemia burden reduction and quality of life (QoL) improvement.
Methods: Our prospective registry aims to assess the potentially different impacts of treatment strategies (coronary artery bypass grafting vs.
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- - The study compares the outcomes of different balloon-expandable (BE) transcatheter heart valve (THV) devices used to treat high-risk patients with severe pure native aortic valve regurgitation (NAVR), revealing suboptimal results with both device types.
- - Out of 144 patients treated, those with the MyVal device had more frequent extra-large annuli, yet technical success rates were similar between MyVal (90%) and Sapien (81%).
- - Overall, while BE devices might offer a treatment option for high-risk patients with NAVR, their effectiveness is limited and highlights the need for dedicated devices, as larger sizes might improve outcomes for traditionally unsuitable patients.