An elevated value of C-reactive protein is the only predictive factor of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Background: The current techniques for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) remain limited by restenosis. Recent studies have provided evidence of inflammation playing a role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.

Methods: Whether inflammatory markers are predictors of subsequent restenosis were prospectively tested in 272 consecutive patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease.

The long-term clinical outcomes after rescue percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been used to treat patients after failed thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction. However, the short- and long-term benefits of rescue PCI have not been known exactly. The goal of this study was to examine the clinical and angiographic outcomes, the success rate of the procedure, and the long-term survival rate after rescue PCI.