Publications by authors named "E Oqueli"
Background: Complex Revascularisation in High-Risk Indicated Patients (CHIP) is emerging in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). We document the frequency and outcomes following CHIP PCI in the Australian population, to understand risk and guide clinical decision-making. We propose a scoring system to define CHIP procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Embolic protection devices were developed to reduce the risk of common complications encountered during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of saphenous vein grafts, however, in the setting of contemporary multi-modality medical management, their overall efficacy has been called into question. This study aimed to assess the evolving utilization and clinical outcomes associated with distal filter wire embolic protection devices in saphenous vein PCI.
Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing PCI to a saphenous vein graft in a registry were included.
In patients with previous coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) requiring subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), there is uncertainty whether bypass grafts or native coronary arteries should be targeted. We analyzed data from 2,764 patients with previous CABG in the Melbourne Interventional Group registry (2005 to 2018), divided into 2 groups: those who underwent PCI in a native vessel (n = 1,928) and those with PCI in a graft vessel (n = 836). Patients with a graft vessel PCI were older, had more high-risk clinical characteristics (previous myocardial infarction, heart failure, ejection fraction <50%, renal impairment, peripheral and cerebrovascular disease), and had high-risk procedural features (American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association types B2/C lesions).
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- The study investigates long-term survival outcomes for patients with severe ischaemic cardiomyopathy who underwent either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to a lack of recent trial data.
- Using records from Australian and New Zealand cardiac registries between 2005 and 2018, researchers analyzed data from 2042 patients, with 1451 treated by CABG and 591 by PCI, adjusting for various risk factors.
- Results showed CABG patients had significantly lower long-term mortality compared to those who received PCI, although there were no differences in in-hospital mortality; however, CABG was associated with a higher risk of peri-procedural strokes and a longer hospital stay
Background: Guidelines and international appropriate use criteria increasingly endorse non-invasive stress testing to evaluate patients with suspected chronic coronary disease (CCD). We sought to review the real-world utilisation of non-invasive stress testing and investigate whether their use prior to PCI associates with outcomes in patients with CCD.
Methods: Consecutive patients from a multicentre registry who underwent PCI for CCD between 2006 and 2018 were included.