Long-term outcomes following drug-eluting balloon or thin-strut drug-eluting stents for treatment of in-stent restenosis stratified by duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DEB-Dragon Registry).

Introduction: Data regarding the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with drug-eluting stent restenosis (DES-ISR) treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and drug-eluting balloons (DEB) or DES are not unambiguous.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between long-term outcomes and the length of DAPT in patients treated with PCI due to DES-ISR with DEB or DES.

Material And Methods: Overall, a total of 1,367 consecutive patients with DES-ISR, who underwent PCI with DEB or DES between 2008 and 2019 entered the study.

Long-term outcomes following drug-eluting balloons vs. thin-strut drug-eluting stents for treatment of recurrent restenosis in drug-eluting stents.

Background: There is limited data on the optimal revascularization strategy in patients with recurrent in-stent restenosis (R-ISR).

Aims: To compare the long-term outcomes of patients treated with either a thin-strut drug-eluting stent (thin-DES) or a drug-eluting balloon (DEB) for R-ISR in a drug-eluting stent (DES).

Methods: A multicenter DEB-DRAGON registry was used to retrospectively identify patients with R-ISR who received either a thin-DES or a DEB.

Long-Term Outcomes Following Drug-Eluting Balloons Versus Thin-Strut Drug-Eluting Stents for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis (DEB-Dragon-Registry).

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Frailty and cognitive impairment are predictive of takotsubo syndrome following pacemaker implantation.

Background: Pacemaker (PM) implantation may cause acute emotional distress leading to takotsubo syndrome (TTS). Frailty and cognitive impairment are known to influence outcomes after surgical procedures. It is unclear whether they may also predispose to TTS following PM implantation.

Seat belts-related behaviors in car drivers with cardiac implantable electronic devices.

Background: Seat belt use is the single most effective means of reducing fatal injuries in road traffic accidents. The presence of a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) might influence seat belt-related behaviors due to the physical proximity of the seat belt and left subclavian area in which the device is usually implanted. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of improper seat belt use may improve safety of these patients.

Discussion about different cut-off values of conventional hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio used in hamstring injury prediction among professional male football players.

Objective: To measure the sensitivity and specificity of differences cut-off values for isokinetic Hcon/Qcon ratio in order to improve the capacity to evaluate (retrospectively) the injury of hamstring muscles in professional soccer screened with knee isokinetic tests.

Design: Retrospective study.

Methods: Medical and biomechanical data of professional football players playing for the same team for at least one season between 2010 and 2016 were analysed.