Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.011
Over the past decades, there have been great advancements in the antithrombotic management of patients undergoing percutaneous interventions, but most of the available evidence derives from studies conducted in the setting of cardiac interventions. Antithrombotic treatment regimens used in patients undergoing percutaneous cardiac interventions, in particular coronary, are frequently extrapolated to patients undergoing noncardiac interventions. However, the differences in risk profile of the population treated and the types of interventions performed may translate into differences is the safety and efficacy associated with antithrombotic therapy. Noncardiac percutaneous interventions are commonly performed in patients at high bleeding risk, which may indeed impact outcomes, hence underscoring the importance of risk stratification to guide clinical decision-making processes. In this review, we appraise the available evidence on antithrombotic therapy in high-bleeding-risk patients undergoing noncardiac percutaneous interventions.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.08.045
Background
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has exhibited substantial progress in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). However, nearly one-half of the patients with CTEPH experience persistent pulmonary hypertension after undergoing BPA, emphasizing the need for enhanced therapies.
Objectives
The authors sought to investigate the clinical significance of functional assessment-guided dilation of the pulmonary artery (PA) in patients with CTEPH undergoing BPA treatment.
Methods
The prospective single-center cohort study enrolled 95 patients who underwent 278 consecutive BPA sessions. Lung parenchymal perfusion was assessed via 2-dimensional perfusion angiography, and pressure catheter measurements were taken to determine the PA pressure ratios. The correlation between lung perfusion and the pressure ratio was analyzed to establish an optimal target pressure ratio. Patients were stratified into 2 groups, a pressure-guided group (n = 28) and an angiographic group (n = 63), to evaluate whether optimizing the pressure ratio led to improvements in residual PH and complications.
Results
The pressure ratio and lung perfusion measurements of 141 PA lesions were analyzed. A piecewise linear regression model identified a target pressure ratio of 0.7, associated with significant enhancement in lung perfusion. The pressure-guided strategy achieved a higher rate of mean pulmonary artery pressure <25 mm Hg (92.8% [26/28 patients] vs 60.3% [38/63 patients]; P = 0.001) and a concurrent reduction in BPA relevant complications (3.9% [4/101 sessions] vs 12.9% [23/177 sessions]; P = 0.019).
Conclusions
Functional assessment-guided PA dilation with a target pressure ratio of 0.7 proved beneficial in BPA treatment for patients with CTEPH. This approach improved the residual PH and reduced complications, highlighting its potential to enhance CTEPH management outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.066
Dissection and re-entry techniques are essential to achieve safe and effective chronic total occlusion recanalization. Several studies have demonstrated similar outcomes following extraplaque stenting compared with intraplaque stenting. Dissection techniques most often involve the use of knuckled wires to progress within and beyond the chronic total occlusion segment. In this expert consensus document, the authors compare the properties of different polymer-jacketed wires for their use in dissection techniques. The authors also describe 2 principal knuckle wire behaviors, the rolling and the traveling knuckles. Finally, several adjunctive techniques for safer dissection are described.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.009
{"title":"Simultaneous Multiple Distinct Plaque Erosions Within a Single Coronary Artery","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.07.035
{"title":"A Novel Technique for the Common Femoral Artery and its Bifurcation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.07.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.07.035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.08.043
{"title":"A Microsnare Technique for Transcatheter Heart Valve Recrossing After Inadvertent Wire Withdrawal From Left Ventricle","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.08.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2024.08.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":11.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142535638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.09.002
Background
The CTO-ARC (Chronic Total Occlusion Academic Research Consortium) recognized that a nonstandardized definition of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention approaches can bias the complications’ attribution to each crossing strategy.
Objectives
The study sought to describe the numbers, efficacy, and safety of each final CTO crossing strategy according to CTO-ARC recommendations.
Methods
In this cross-sectional study, data were retrieved from the European Registry of Chronic Total Occlusions between 2021 and 2022.
Results
Out of 8,673 patients, antegrade and retrograde approach were performed in 79.2% and 20.8% of cases, respectively. The antegrade approach included antegrade wiring and antegrade dissection and re-entry, both performed with or without retrograde contribution (antegrade wiring without retrograde contribution: n = 5,929 [68.4%]; antegrade wiring with retrograde contribution: n = 446 [5.1%]; antegrade dissection and re-entry without retrograde contribution: n = 353 [4.1%]; antegrade dissection and re-entry with retrograde contribution: n = 137 [1.6%]). The retrograde approach included retrograde wiring (n = 735 [8.4%]) and retrograde dissection and re-entry (n = 1,073 [12.4%]). Alternative antegrade crossing was associated with lower technical success (70% vs 86% vs 93.1%, respectively; P < 0.001) and higher complication rates (4.6% vs 2.9% vs 1%, respectively; P < 0.001) as compared with retrograde and true antegrade crossing. However, alternative antegrade crossing was applied mostly as a rescue strategy (96.1%).
Conclusions
The application of CTO-ARC definitions allowed the reclassification of 6.7% of procedures as alternative antegrade crossing with retrograde or antegrade contribution which showed higher MACCE and lower technical success rates, as compared with true antegrade and retrograde crossing.
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