…the intervention. Diagnostic criteria General principles For events occurring within 48 hours of the index procedure, diagnosis requires both: A defined postprocedural troponin rise, with…

…or collecting system. With iodinated contrast, the observed renal dysfunction may therefore reflect a combination of: direct tubular toxicity; renal haemodynamic disturbance and ischaemia; pre…

…vessel diameter A small post procedural lumen Substantial residual stenosis Long lesions Diabetes mellitus Untreated edge dissection Components and mechanisms of DES A conventional durable…

…The principal mechanism of ISR is neointimal hyperplasia following vessel wall injury. PCI and stent implantation produce local vascular injury and initiate a sustained inflammatory…