Edoxaban in cardiovascular disease management: Review.

In the past decade, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have transformed the world of anti-thrombotic therapy. Edoxaban is the most recently approved DOAC. Though intended for use primarily in stroke prevention, it has found applications in various other conditions including thromboembolic and peripheral arterial disease.

Rivaroxaban: Expanded Role in Cardiovascular Disease Management-A Literature Review.

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are widely used for the prevention of stroke in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, treatment of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and as prophylaxis after hip and knee surgery after approval by the Food and Drug Administration. In the last decade, DOACs were studied for various indications; this review is focused on rivaroxaban, a factor Xa inhibitor, which is used in an expanded evidence-based fashion for coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, heart failure, malignancy, and prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis in acute medical illnesses.

Composite outcomes in 2.25-mm drug eluting stents: a systematic review.

Background: Coronary atherosclerosis often involves small-caliber coronaries, yet the safety and efficacy of 2.25-mm DES have been poorly defined, with a general lack of separation of 2.25 with 2.

Optimizing antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention: clinical pathways for platelet function testing.

Current guidelines recommend dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), which includes aspirin and a platelet P2Y(12) adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor antagonist, for treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome and following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Although DAPT significantly reduces stent thrombosis and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), there is considerable interindividual variability in the degree of platelet inhibition achieved with the most widely used ADP receptor antagonist, clopidogrel, and high on-treatment platelet activity in the setting of clopidogrel therapy (hyporesponsiveness) is associated with increased adverse cardiovascular events following PCI. Personalized tailoring of antiplatelet therapy guided by patient management algorithms and/or platelet function testing has the potential to reduce MACE and stent thrombosis.

Safety and efficacy of bone marrow-derived autologous CD133+ stem cell therapy.

The Phase I clinical study was designed to assess the safety and feasibility of a dose escalating intracoronary infusion of autologous bone marrow (BM)-derived CD133+ stem cell therapy to the patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) and ischemia. Nine patients were received CD133+ cells into epicardial vessels supplying collateral flow to areas of viable ischemic myocardium in the distribution of the CTO. There were no major adverse cardiac events (MACE), revascularization, re-admission to the hospital secondary to angina, or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for the 24-month period following cellular infusion.