…reduce coronary thrombotic events without exposing the patient to disproportionate bleeding risk. Shortening treatment may reduce bleeding but can increase myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis…

…stents (BMS) in response to restenosis caused principally by neointimal hyperplasia. Contemporary DES combine a metallic scaffold, a polymeric or polymer free drug delivery system…

…ACS population. Clinical context and patient selection Acute coronary syndrome ACS includes ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and…

…central component because platelet activation and aggregation contribute importantly to arterial thrombus formation, recurrent coronary occlusion, and stent thrombosis. Aspirin inhibits the cyclooxygenase 1 pathway…

…4a MI: Represents a periprocedural myocardial infarction associated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Type 4b MI: Denotes myocardial infarction related to stent thrombosis following PCI…

…myocardial injury may occur without myocardial ischaemia. Non ischaemic myocardial injury may accompany numerous cardiac and systemic disorders, including: Cardiac causes Systemic causes Heart failure…

…fulfilled. The temporal relationship to stent implantation should always be specified. Coronary arterial thrombi are predominantly platelet rich because they form under high shear conditions…

…percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In contemporary practice, ISR remains the most frequent cause of PCI failure, despite its substantially lower incidence with drug eluting stents…

…Periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) is myocardial necrosis temporally related to coronary revascularization. It may follow percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)…

…thrombus, and implanted stents. The principal modalities used in the catheterization laboratory are intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Unlike coronary angiography, which…

…reflow should be suspected when distal coronary perfusion remains reduced despite successful treatment of the apparent epicardial stenosis and without an angiographically evident flow limiting…

…and embolize systemically. Observational data indicate approximately a fourfold greater risk of embolic events in patients with LV thrombus than in matched patients without thrombus…

…fluid. The aspiration is technically simple — what determines the outcome is that it is done early and sterilely and that the samples are sent correctly…

…Sampling for a suspected sexually transmitted infection — although chlamydia and gonorrhoea can be tested on urine or a self taken vaginal sample without a speculum…

…health status, but it should not be undertaken when symptoms are present without anatomical or physiological criteria supporting revascularization. In less severe coronary disease, PCI…

…associated with lower cardiovascular and all cause mortality and with reduced incidence or burden of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease…

…are reflected . Since the sound waves are sent out in pulses and the velocity in the tissue is constant (1540 m/s), the machine can…

…the principle of ultrasound imaging is simple: sound waves are sent into the tissue and the reflected waves are used to create an image of…

…pulsed wave Doppler). Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) The number of ultrasound pulses sent per second is called pulse repetition frequency (PRF) . PRF is determined by…