Study Group: Interventional Cardiologists (EU)(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 205
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Goran Olivecrona, MD, PhD.
Consulting Cardiologist
University of Lund
Goran Olivecrona, MD, PhD, is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Cardiology at Lund University Hospital, Sweden. He has expertise in interventional cardiology, in particular treatment of acute coronary syndromes and cardiogenic shock with PCI as well as extensive experience in treating CTO's....
Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
San Raffaele Hospital
Antonio Colombo, MD, is Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Columbus Hospital and San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy. Dr. Colombo is also a Visiting Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Hospital and Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University. He has extensive...
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Retrospective studies should be viewed with caution. Most retrospective studies which may contain a bias in the prescribed treatment should be anlysed with matched propencity score. To confirm the results a randomized trial would essentially be needed.
1. Angioseal is a very user friendly closure device which saves staff time spent with the patient and reduces he number of pseudoaneurysms, but it does not reduce the overall number of bleeding complications. 2. Angioiseal will probably continue to increase its market share in centers not moving...
1. LUCAS can effectively sustain circulation in spite of cardiac arrest through external mechanical chest compressions thus maintaining a sustenance of blood flow to the brain during CPR. 2. Effective external mechanical chest compression devices like LUCAS, offer a new tool to aid in the treatment...
1. ENDEVOR subscribes to cardiologist concerned about the saftey profile of Current DES sold in the US (Cypher and TAXUS). 2. ENDEAVOR seems to carry a higher rate of binary restenosis than Cypher, but may have a lower rate of late stent subacute thrombosis (SAT) than either Taxus or...
Ten years ago before drug-eluting era, according to A. Colombo to diminish the stent restenosis three are 3 rules; balloon/artery ratio must be 1.1, stenting with high deployment pressure and using IVUS. These recommedations are still in common use and stents...
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