Publications by authors named "Rodrigo D Machado"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the effectiveness of ultra-thin strut drug-eluting stents (UTS-DES) compared to thin strut stents in patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- Results show that, initially, patients with UTS-DES experienced fewer major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and repeat revascularizations, suggesting a potential benefit.
- However, after adjusting for other factors and using propensity score matching, the one-year incidence of MACE was similar between both groups, indicating no significant difference in clinical outcomes.
Coronary obstruction is an uncommon and severe complication after a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), that occurs during the procedure in the vast majority of patients. In the present case even in the absence of classic risk factors, an acute coronary syndrome occurred one day after TAVR. Selective angiography revealed a severe left main ostium obstruction by the bulky native leaflet calcification.
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