Prospective, single-centre evaluation of the safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions following a decision tree proposing a no-stent strategy in stable patients with coronary artery disease (SCRAP study).

Aim: We evaluated a decision algorithm for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) based on a no-stent strategy, corresponding to a combination of scoring balloon angioplasty (SCBA) and drug-coated balloon (DCB), as a first line approach. Stents were used only in unstable patients, or in case of mandatory bailout stenting (BO-stent).

Methods: From April 2019 to March 2020, 984 consecutive patients, including 1922 lesions, underwent PCI.

Prevalence and outcome of patients referred for chest pain with high-sensitivity troponin elevation and no diagnosis at discharge.

Introduction: Specialized chest pain units appear to increase the proportion of patients with acute chest pain who are properly evaluated, but some of them remain doubtful.

Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to evaluate the survival and occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients without diagnosis at the end of management of chest pain with high-sensitivity troponin (Tn) elevation.

Method: All consecutive patients who came to the cardiac emergency room of Poitiers University Hospital between January 1, 2014, and August 7, 2015, for chest pain and Tn elevation were included.