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Late thrombotic events after bioresorbable scaffold implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Collet, Carlos ; Asano, Taku ; Miyazaki, Yosuke ; Tenekecioglu, Erhan ; Katagiri, Yuki ; Sotomi, Yohei ; Cavalcante, Rafael ; Winter, Robbert J. de ; Kimura, Takeshi ; Gao, Runlin ; Puricel, Serban ; Cook, Stéphane ; Capodanno, Davide ; Onuma, Yoshinobu ; Serruys, PatrickW.

In: European Heart Journal, 2017, p. -

To compare the long-term safety and efficacy of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) with everolimus-eluting stent (EES) after percutaneous coronary interventions.Methods and Results: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing clinical outcomes of patients treated with BVS and EES with at least 24 months follow-up was performed. Adjusted random-effect model...

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Heart rate never lies: interventional cardiologist and Braude’s quote revised

Cook, Stéphane ; Stauffer, Jean-Christophe ; Goy, Jean-Jacques ; Graf, Denis ; Puricel, Serban ; Frobert, Aurélien ; Muller, Olivier ; Togni, Mario ; Arroyo, Diego

In: Open Heart, 2016, vol. 3, no. 1, p. e000373

Background Interventional cardiologists may be immune to stress, allowing them to perform complex percutaneous interventions under pressure.Objectives To assess heart rate (HR) variations as a surrogate marker of stress of interventional cardiologists during percutaneous cardiac procedures and in every-day life.Design This is a single-centre...

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Bioresorbable coronary scaffold thrombosis: multicenter comprehensive analysis of clinical presentation, mechanisms, and predictors

Puricel, Serban ; Cuculi, Florim ; Weissner, Melissa ; Schmermun, Axel ; Jamshidi, Peiman ; Nyffenegger, Tobias ; Binder, Harald ; Eggebrecht, Holger ; Münzel, Thomas ; Cook, Stéphane ; Gori, Tommaso

In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2016, vol. 67, no. 8, p. 921–931

Background Recent reports suggest an elevated incidence of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) thrombosis (scaffold thrombosis [ScT]).Objectives This study investigated occurrence rates, clinical and angiographic characteristics, and possible mechanisms of ScT in all-comer patients undergoing BVS implantation at 2 German and 2 Swiss hospitals.Methods A total of 1,305 consecutive patients...