Clinical outcomes of the BioMime™ morph coronary stent system for long (30 to ≤56 mm length) coronary lesions: Three-year follow-up of the Morpheus Global Registry.

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of long coronary artery lesions (CAL) presents a puzzle, often requiring multiple stents. As the arteries twist and narrow, this becomes even more challenging with issues like potential distal overexpansion and proximal under expansion, and edge dissections. The study aims to assess the safety and performance of BioMime™ Morph sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) in individuals with long CAL.

Transient Cortical Blindness After Coronary Angiography, Bypass Graft Angiography, and Coronary Angioplasty.

Transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography has long been reported in the literature; however, this condition remains rare until today. We report a case of transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography, bypass graft angiography, and coronary angioplasty, which was deemed to be secondary to contrast agent. A 60-year-old man who underwent prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) started to experience recurrence of exertional and resting chest pain one year after CABG.

Evolving trends in infective endocarditis in a developing country: a consequence of medical progress?

Background: Staphylococcus has replaced streptococcus as the most common cause of infective endocarditis (IE) in developed health care systems. The trend in developing countries is less clear.

Aim: To examine the epidemiological trends of infective endocarditis in a developing nation.