Irving Franco

TL;DR: Redilation is a safe and effective approach to manage patients in whom coronary occlusion develops after PTCA, and only the presence of eccentric lesions and intimal tears was more predominant in the group with acute occlusions.

TL;DR: The complication and recurrence rates of saphenous vein graft angiography are significantly higher when performed for late (greater than 36 months) vein graft failure, and all therapeutic options should be carefully examined before proceeding with angioplasty.

TL;DR: The procedural outcome of rotational atherectomy is highly correlated with stenosis morphology and location and sex of the patient, and overall outcome with the Rotablator appears to be similar to that with balloon angioplasty and other competing techniques.

TL;DR: Despite poor sensitivity, angiography may help identify patients requiring intravascular ultrasound, and patients without angiographic calcification in the coronary tree may not need routine ultrasound examination, as the likelihood of >90 degrees superficial calcium is low.

TL;DR: Femoral closure devices have a similar overall risk profile as manual compression, even in patients treated with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa platelet inhibition, although certain rare complications such as retroperitoneal hemorrhage and severe access-site infection may be more common with the use of these devices.