The new coronavirus-associated disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents an unprecedented public health …

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a cardiac hormone belonging to the family of natriuretic
peptides (NPs). ANP exerts diuretic, natriuretic, and vasodilatory effects that contribute to …

Restenosis after stent implantation is mainly caused by neointimal proliferation through the
stent struts. Experimental studies performed in the last decade indicate that inflammatory …

… When significant differences were detected, pairwise comparisons were made using the
Scheffe F test. Comparisons of the remaining continuous or discrete variables between the two …

Objectives The goal of this study was to assess the clinical impact of optical coherence
tomography (OCT) findings during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background OCT …

Background The fear of contagion during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
may have potentially refrained patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (…

Relationship between coronary plaque morphology of the left anterior descending artery and
12 months clinical outcome: the CLIMA study | European Heart Journal | Oxford Academic …

Coronary artery stenting is now used in many laboratories as the primary therapy for coronary
artery lesions in patients with ischemic heart disease. However, intracoronary stents are …

Objectives : This study tested the effect of oral prednisone on clinical and angiographic
restenosis rate after successful stent implantation in patients with persistent elevation of systemic …

Background Randomized studies have shown that the use of coronary-artery stenting as the
initial treatment for coronary stenosis is associated with a lower risk of restenosis than is …