Volume 2 Issue 1 - 2021


DOI: 10.59152/ESJC/1021

Research Article

Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of the Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio in a Real-World Setting

Clarissa Campo Dall'Orto*, Rubens Pierry Ferreira Lopes, Gilvan Vilella Pinto Filho and Marcos Raphael da Silva

Background:The limitations of visual angiographic assessment in coronary artery disease are well known. When intermediate lesions are submitted for functional assessment, there is a reclassification in the initial therapeutic decision in up to 33% of patients...

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DOI: 10.59152/ESJC/1023

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Evaluating the Interactions between Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells in the Presence of Drug-Eluting Stents and Platelets: Is Interleukin6 a New Possible Therapeutic Target for In-Stent Restenosis?

Clarissa Campo Dall'Orto*, Daniel da Conceicao Rabelo, Rosely Cabette Barbosa Alves, and Durvanei Augusto Maria

The success of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures is limited by in-stent restenosis (ISR). The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) decreased the incidence of ISR; however, ISR continues to affect a percentage of patients with ischemic cardiac events...

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