Outcome and Predictors of Stent Thrombosis in the First Romanian Registry of Drug Eluting Stent (RODESINO EXTENSION).

Background: Stent thrombosis (ST) is a rare, but extremely severe complication of PCI. Outside clinical trials, data are limited regarding the risks and the impact of this phenomenon.

Aims: To assess prevalence, predictors, and clinical outcome of ST after implantation of drug eluting stents (DES) compared with bare metal stents (BMS), in a large case-control study in a real world scenario, as well as the relation between ST and duration of combined antiplatelet treatment.

Left ventricular long-axis diastolic function is augmented in the hearts of endurance-trained compared with strength-trained athletes.

In order to determine left ventricular global and regional myocardial functional reserve in endurance-trained and strength-trained athletes, and to identify predictors of exercise capacity, we studied 18 endurance-trained and 11 strength-trained athletes with left ventricular hypertrophy (172+/-27 and 188+/-39 g/m(2) respectively), and compared them with 14 sedentary controls. Global systolic (ejection fraction) and diastolic (transmitral flow) function, and regional longitudinal and transverse myocardial velocities [tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE)], were measured at rest and immediately after exercise. In endurance-trained compared with strength-trained athletes, resting heart rate was lower (59+/-11 and 76+/-9 beats/min respectively; P<0.