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A case of fatal stent thrombosis after Carbostent implantation: is clopidogrel alone antiplatelet therapy a safe alternative to aspirin alone antiplatelet therapy?

scientific article (publication date: 8 January 2007)

A current approach to heart failure in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

scientific article published on July 2017

A less-invasive totally-endovascular (LITE) technique for trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

A meta-analysis of first-generation drug-eluting vs bare-metal stents for coronary chronic total occlusion: effect of length of follow-up on clinical outcome

scientific article published on 02 June 2011

Adenosine-Free Indexes vs. Fractional Flow Reserve for Functional Assessment of Coronary Stenoses: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

Angiographic and clinical outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for in-stent restenosis of bifurcated lesions

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Angiographic assessment of myocardial perfusion in Tako-Tsubo syndrome.

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Angiographic versus functional assessment of coronary artery disease: a "proof of concept" case report

scientific article published on 15 September 2011

Angiographically intermediate left main bifurcation disease assessment by frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT)

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies from celiac patients are responsible for trophoblast damage via apoptosis in vitro

scientific article published on 22 June 2010

Are endothelial progenitor cells mobilized by myocardial ischemia or myocardial necrosis? A cardiac magnetic resonance study

scientific article published on 17 February 2011

Association between inflammatory biomarkers and in-stent restenosis tissue features: an Optical Coherence Tomography Study

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Baseline inflammatory status and long-term changes in renal function after percutaneous renal artery stenting: a prospective study.

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Baseline systemic inflammatory status and no-reflow phenomenon after percutaneous coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 21 July 2006

Case-control registry of excimer laser coronary angioplasty versus distal protection devices in patients with acute coronary syndromes due to saphenous vein graft disease

scientific article

Characterization of microvascular and myocardial damage within perfusion defect area at myocardial contrast echocardiography in the subacute phase of myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 16 October 2011

Clinical and procedural impact of aortic arch anatomic variants in carotid stenting procedures.

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Clinical impact of routine angiographic follow-up after percutaneous coronary interventions on unprotected left main

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Clinical outcomes with reservoir-based polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents in real-world patients according to diabetes mellitus and complexity: The INVESTIG8 registry.

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Clinical, angiographic and echocardiographic correlates of epicardial and microvascular spasm in patients with myocardial ischaemia and non-obstructive coronary arteries

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Comparative assessment of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor-eluting stents in the treatment of coronary artery bifurcation lesions: the CASTOR-Bifurcation registry

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Comparison of Right and Left Upper Limb Arterial Variants in Patients Undergoing Bilateral Transradial Procedures.

scientific article published on December 2015

Comparison of the effects of ramipril versus telmisartan on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and endothelial progenitor cells after acute coronary syndrome.

scientific article

Comparison of two- and three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography to intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of intermediate left main stenosis

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

Concordance of angiographic and electrocardiographic indexes of microvascular obstruction: myocardial haemorrhage role

scientific article published in August 2014

Continuum of Vasodilator Stress From Rest to Contrast Medium to Adenosine Hyperemia for Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment.

scientific article published in April 2016

Contrast Fractional Flow Reserve (cFFR): A pragmatic response to the call for simplification of invasive functional assessment

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Coronary Atherosclerotic Phenotype and Plaque Healing in Patients With Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndromes Compared With Patients With Long-term Clinical Stability: An In Vivo Optical Coherence Tomography Study

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Coronary bifurcation lesions: to stent one branch or both? A meta-analysis of patients treated with drug eluting stents.

scientific article published on 22 November 2008

Correlation between CD4+CD28null T lymphocytes, regulatory T cells and plaque rupture: An Optical Coherence Tomography study in Acute Coronary Syndromes

scientific article published on 07 September 2018

Correlation between frequency-domain optical coherence tomography and fractional flow reserve in angiographically-intermediate coronary lesions

scientific article published in February 2018

Cystatin C is associated with an increased coronary atherosclerotic burden and a stable plaque phenotype in patients with ischemic heart disease and normal glomerular filtration rate

scientific article published on 05 November 2007

Diagnostic Ultrasound Impulses Improve Microvascular Flow in Patients With STEMI Receiving Intravenous Microbubbles

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Differences in Microparticle Release in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stable Angina

scientific article published on 05 June 2012

Differential levels of circulating progenitor cells in acute coronary syndrome patients with a first event versus patients with recurring events.

scientific article published on 6 January 2010

Directional atherectomy before stenting versus stenting alone in percutaneous coronary interventions: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 21 November 2005

Dual quantitative coronary angiography accurately quantifies intracoronary thrombotic burden in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Comparison with optical coherence tomography imaging

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Dual role of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in stent struts endothelialisation and neointimal regrowth: a substudy of the IN-PACT CORO trial.

scientific article

Dynamic modulation of coronary arterio-venous communications

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Early beneficial effects of drug-eluting stents in vein grafts wane during long term follow-up: a case-control study

scientific article published on 15 March 2012

Effect of antiviral therapy on pro-angiogenic hematopoietic and endothelial progenitor cells in HIV-infected people

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Effect of chronic Aspirin therapy on angiographic thrombotic burden in patients admitted for a first ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

scientific article published on 22 January 2010

Effect of exercise on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in microvascular angina

scientific article published on 05 April 2013

Effects of bariatric surgery on cardiac remodeling: Clinical and pathophysiologic implications

scientific article published on 18 May 2013

Effects of late REopening of Coronary total Occlusion on micRovascular perfusion and myocarDial function: the RECORD study

scientific article published on 02 October 2012

Efficacy of contrast medium induced Pd/Pa ratio in predicting functional significance of intermediate coronary artery stenosis assessed by fractional flow reserve: insights from the RINASCI study

scientific article published on 01 August 2015

Electronic Cigarettes and Cardiovascular Risk: Caution Waiting for Evidence

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Elevated admission cardiac troponin T is associated with microvascular dysfunction in acute myocardial infarction treated with emergency angioplasty

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Morbid Obesity

scientific article

Endothelial dysfunction as predictor of angina recurrence after successful percutaneous coronary intervention using second generation drug eluting stents

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Endothelial progenitor cells, microvascular obstruction, and left ventricular remodeling in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

scientific article

Eosinophil cationic protein and clinical outcome after bare metal stent implantation

scientific article published on 08 December 2010

Ethanol abolishes ischemic preconditioning in humans.

scientific article

EuroSCORE as predictor of in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 20 January 2008

EuroSCORE predicts long-term mortality of unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

Evaluation of the "learning curve" for left and right radial approach during percutaneous coronary procedures

scientific article published on 29 April 2011

Evolving Routine Standards in Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment of Coronary Stenosis: The Nationwide Italian SICI-GISE Cross-Sectional ERIS Study

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Feasibility and Safety of Right and Left Heart Catheterization Via an Antecubital Fossa Vein and the Radial Artery in Patients With Heart Failure

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Feasibility and long-term safety of elective Impella-assisted high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: a pilot two-centre study.

scientific article published in October 2008

Filter no-reflow during percutaneous coronary intervention of saphenous vein grafts: incidence, predictors and effect of the type of protection device

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

First line treatment for uncomplicated hypertension: time for a rethink

scientific article published on 08 October 2010

Fractional Flow Reserve or Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide Management of Angiographically Intermediate Coronary Stenosis: A Single-Center Trial

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Fractional flow reserve in acute coronary syndromes and in stable ischemic heart disease: clinical implications

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Fractional flow reserve or optical coherence tomography guidance to revascularize intermediate coronary stenosis using angioplasty (FORZA) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 April 2014

Frequency domain optical coherence tomography to assess non-ostial left main coronary artery

scientific article

Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography assessment of kissing-balloon effects in bifurcated coronary artery lesions undergoing provisional stenting

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography findings in patients with bifurcated lesions undergoing provisional stenting

scientific article

Frequency-domain optical coherence tomography plaque morphology in stable coronary artery disease: sex differences.

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

From bone marrow to the arterial wall: the ongoing tale of endothelial progenitor cells.

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Glycoprotein IIB/IIIA inhibitor to reduce postpercutaneous coronary intervention myonecrosis and improve coronary flow in diabetics: the 'OPTIMIZE-IT' pilot randomized study

scientific article published in March 2009

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases: An update with a critical appraisal

scientific article published on 07 June 2017

Growth properties of cardiac stem cells are a novel biomarker of patients' outcome after coronary bypass surgery

scientific article

Hemodynamics and its predictors during Impella-protected PCI in high risk patients with reduced ejection fraction

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

High-risk clinical features predict increased post-infarction myocardial apoptosis and the benefits as a result of an open infarct-related artery.

scientific article

Human cardiac progenitor cells with regenerative potential can be isolated and characterized from 3D-electro-anatomic guided endomyocardial biopsies.

scientific article published on March 2017

Hypoxia inducible factor-1 expression mediates myocardial response to ischemia late after acute myocardial infarction

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INtimal hyPerplasia evAluated by oCT in de novo COROnary lesions treated by drug-eluting balloon and bare-metal stent (IN-PACT CORO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Impact of accuracy of fractional flow reserve to reduction of microvascular resistance after intracoronary adenosine in patients with angina pectoris or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Impact of drug-eluting balloon (pre- or post-) dilation on neointima formation in de novo lesions treated by bare-metal stent: the IN-PACT CORO trial.

scientific article published on 12 April 2015

Impact of gender on clinical outcomes after mTOR-inhibitor drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with first manifestation of ischaemic heart disease

scientific article published on 12 August 2011

Impact of radial-to-aorta vascular anatomical variants on risk of failure in trans-radial coronary procedures

scientific article published on 02 May 2012

Increased apoptosis in remote non-infarcted myocardium in multivessel coronary disease

article published in 2004

Increased platelet reactivity due to platelet receptor polymorphisms? Not in the real world

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Independent prognostic value of C-reactive protein and coronary artery disease extent in patients affected by unstable angina

scientific article published on 16 February 2007

Infarct-related artery occlusion, tissue markers of ischaemia, and increased apoptosis in the peri-infarct viable myocardium

scientific article

Inflammation, genetics, and ischemic heart disease: focus on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes.

scientific article

Influence of the amount of myocardium subtended by a stenosis on fractional flow reserve

scientific article published on 15 January 2013

Intracoronary microparticles and microvascular obstruction in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous intervention

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Intracoronary versus intravenous adenosine to assess fractional flow reserve: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Late (3 years) follow-up of successful versus unsuccessful revascularization in chronic total coronary occlusions treated by drug eluting stent.

scientific article

Life-threatening arrhythmias in a scleroderma patient: the role of myocardial inflammation in arrhythmic outburst

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Limitations of noninvasive measurement of fractional flow reserve from coronary computed tomography angiography

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Management and timing of access-site vascular complications occurring after trans-radial percutaneous coronary procedures.

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

Maximal hyperemia in the assessment of fractional flow reserve: intracoronary adenosine versus intracoronary sodium nitroprusside versus intravenous adenosine: the NASCI (Nitroprussiato versus Adenosina nelle Stenosi Coronariche Intermedie) study

scientific article published in April 2012

Mobilization of bone marrow-derived stem cells after myocardial infarction and left ventricular function

Morphological-biohumoral correlations in acute coronary syndromes: pathogenetic implications

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

NT-proANP and NT-proBNP circulating levels as predictors of cardiovascular outcome following coronary stent implantation

scientific article

Neoatherosclerosis after drug-eluting stent implantation: a novel clinical and therapeutic challenge

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

No-reflow reversibility: a study based on serial assessment of multiple biomarkers

scientific article published on 06 September 2013

Nonconventional use of coronary guidewires for ECG recording and emergency pacing.

scientific article published on December 2008

Not all plaque ruptures are born equal: an optical coherence tomography study.

scientific article published on 24 December 2016

Novel ultra-long (48 mm) everolimus-eluting stent for diffusely coronary vessels disease

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

One-year outcomes of consecutive patients treated by Endeavor zotarolimus and Resolute zotarolimus stents: the impact of polymer coating in drug-eluting stent technology.

scientific article

Open-Label, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of Intracoronary Adenosine or Nitroprusside After Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Prevention of Microvascular Obstruction in Acute Myocardial Infarcti

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Optical coherence tomography compared with fractional flow reserve guided approach in acute coronary syndromes: A propensity matched analysis.

scientific article published on 3 June 2017

Optical coherence tomography features of angiographic complex and smooth lesions in acute coronary syndromes.

scientific article

Optical coherence tomography guidance for the management of angiographically intermediate left main bifurcation lesions: Early clinical experience

scientific article published on 05 July 2017

Outcome of coronary lesions with deferred revascularization due to negative fractional flow reserve in subjects with acute coronary syndrome.

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Outcome of overlapping heterogenous drug-eluting stents and of overlapping drug-eluting and bare metal stents

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Outcome of patients treated by a novel thin-strut cobalt-chromium stent in the drug-eluting stent era: Results of the SKICE (Skylor in real world practice) registry

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Outcomes of the tacrolimus drug-eluting Janus stent: a prospective two-centre registry in high-risk patients.

scientific article published in June 2008

PCNA expression in ischemic cardiomyopathy: DNA repair, myocyte regeneration or just another type of myocyte death?

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Parvovirus B19 at the culprit coronary stenosis predicts outcome after stenting.

scientific article published on 24 December 2013

Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve replacement induces femoral artery shrinkage: angiographic evidence and predictors for a new side effect.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Plaque rupture and intact fibrous cap assessed by optical coherence tomography portend different outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Plasma levels of thromboxane A2 on admission are associated with no-reflow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Post-procedural renal microvascular perfusion measured using the Quantitative Blush Evaluator (QuBE) predicts improvement in renal function in patients undergoing percutaneous renal artery stenting

scientific article

Pre-intervention eosinophil cationic protein serum levels predict clinical outcomes following implantation of drug-eluting stents.

scientific article published on 21 April 2009

Predictive factors of discordance between the instantaneous wave-free ratio and fractional flow reserve

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

Predictive value of preintervention C-reactive protein on clinical outcome after directional coronary atherectomy followed by stent implantation

scientific article published in July 2007

Predictors of Periprocedural (Type IVa) Myocardial Infarction, as Assessed by Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Predictors of myocardial microvascular obstruction in patients treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention and a short ischemic time

scientific article published on 04 October 2011

Predictors of thromboxane levels in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes on chronic aspirin therapy

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Principles of hemodynamics for mechanical circulatory support: patho-physiological key aspects of assisted PCI

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Procedural Impact of a Kissing-Balloon Predilation (Pre-Kissing) Technique in Patients With Complex Bifurcations Undergoing Drug-Eluting Stenting

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Prospective evaluation of myocardial ischemia related to post-procedural side-branch stenosis in bifurcated lesions treated by provisional approach with drug-eluting stents

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Prospective randomized comparison of sirolimus- or everolimus-eluting stent to treat bifurcated lesions by provisional approach

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Prothrombotic response to coronary angioplasty in patients with unstable angina and raised C-reactive protein

scientific article published in October 2002

Quantitative Blush Evaluator accurately quantifies microvascular dysfunction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

scientific article published on 7 July 2011

Quantitative Flow Ratio Identifies Nonculprit Coronary Lesions Requiring Revascularization in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Disease.

scientific article published in February 2018

Radial artery complications occurring after transradial coronary procedures using long hydrophilic-coated introducer sheath: a frequency domain-optical coherence tomography study.

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Radial artery intima-media ratio predicts presence of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma: a frequency domain-optical coherence tomography study

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Re: Kodaet al. Myocytes positive forin situ markers for DNA breaks in human hearts which are hypertrophic, but neither failed nor dilated: a manifestation of cardiac hypertrophy rather than failure.J Pathol 2003; 199: 229-236

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Relation of improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction versus improvement in heart failure symptoms after coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Renal artery stenting in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease.

scientific article published in July 2010

Reply: Value of Optical Coherence Tomography in Angiographically Intermediate Coronary Lesions

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Resolute zotarolimus-eluting stent to treat bifurcated lesions according to the provisional technique: a procedural performance comparison with sirolimus- and everolimus-eluting stents

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Response to letter regarding article, "growth properties of cardiac stem cells are a novel biomarker of patients' outcome after coronary bypass surgery".

scientific article published in September 2014

Right ventricular dilatation after left ventricular acute myocardial infarction is predictive of extremely high peri-infarctual apoptosis at postmortem examination in humans

scientific article published on September 2003

Safety and efficacy of G-CSF in patients with ischemic heart failure: the CORNER (Cell Option For Recovery in the Non-Eligible Patients for Revascularization) study.

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Sodium bicarbonate plus N-acetylcysteine to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy in primary and rescue percutaneous coronary interventions: the BINARIO (BIcarbonato e N-Acetil-cisteina nell'infaRto mIocardico acutO) study.

scientific article published in November 2012

Stem cells in acute myocardial infarction: the good, the bad, and the ugly

scientific article

Stent malapposition, strut coverage and atherothrombotic prolapse after percutaneous coronary interventions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Superiority of fractional flow reserve versus intravascular ultrasound for intermediate coronary stenoses

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

The Effects of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with a Large Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction to Prevent Left Ventricular Remodeling: A 10-Year Follow-Up of the RIGENERA Study

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

The HEART study: a real-world experience using the CID Chrono Carbostent in primary and rescue PCI

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

The Influence of Aortic Valve Obstruction on the Hyperemic Intracoronary Physiology: Difference Between Resting Pd/Pa and FFR in Aortic Stenosis

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

The Multi-center Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Contrast MEdium INduced Pd/Pa RaTiO in Predicting FFR (MEMENTO-FFR) Study

scientific article published on 01 August 2016

The ongoing search for simplifying fractional flow reserve assessment: the role of contrast medium

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

The role of Beta-blockers as first-line therapy in hypertension.

scientific article published on April 2011

Three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography and quantification of jeopardised myocardium to predict functional significance of intermediate coronary artery stenosis

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Three-year follow-up of patients with bifurcation lesions treated with sirolimus- or everolimus-eluting stents: SEAside and CORpal cooperative study

scientific article

Ticlopidine and aspirin fail to suppress the increased platelet aggregability that follows percutaneous coronary interventions

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Trends and outcomes of optical coherence tomography use: 877 patients single-center experience

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Twelve-Month Outcome of Patients with an Established Indication for Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Coronary Artery Stenting and Stratified by the Baseline Risk of Bleeding: Insights from the Warfarin and Coronary Stenting (War-Stent) Registry

scientific article published on 19 March 2017

Value of EuroSCORE II in predicting total and cardiac mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.

scientific article published on 4 December 2013

Vascular complications and access crossover in 10,676 transradial percutaneous coronary procedures

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

Widespread Myocardial Inflammation and Infarct-Related Artery Patency

[How to choose between intra-aortic balloon pump, Impella and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation]

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

[The SCIPIO and CADUCEUS studies]

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

cFFR as an alternative to FFR: please do not contrast simplicity!

scientific article published in December 2017

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