To stent or not to stent: Was tun nach dem ISCHEMIA-Trial?

Acute decrease in kidney function after acute coronary syndromes predicts future bleeding and cardiac death

Decreasing glomerular filtration rate within 24 hours after admission for an acute coronary syndrome is significantly associated with cardiovascular and bleeding events at 30 days and 1 year.

Patients with syncope remaining unexplained after a structured work-up share the characteristics of patients with neurally mediated syncope

Syncope is a common symptom in emergency department visits and, despite extensive evaluation, still remains unexplained in a significant number of cases.The findings of this study support the concept that patients with SUA suffer from some form of neurally mediated syncope.

Impressive late stent recoil of a drug-eluting resorbable magnesium coronary stent

The coronary angiograms showed a severe focal restenosis of the  resorbable magnesium stent previously implanted in the right coronary artery. Coronary intravascular ultrasound did not show any significant intraluminal proliferation but demonstrated an impressive late stent recoil.

Major right atrial thrombus related to central venous catheter positioning

A 44-year old woman developed a thrombus of life-threatening size in the right atrium. The thrombus had formed around the catheter tip of her tunneled central venous catheter which was inserted for hemodialysis. 

Unusual collateralisation of a chronic total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery

The Winter gets Well(ens) – a rare pattern of left anterior descending artery occlusion

Fusiform mid-LAD aneurysm due to passive arterial wall dilatation after implantation of a self-expandable stent

Benefit of upstream Impella insertion in cardiogenic shock

Early identification of cardiogenic shock and rapid use of ventricular assistance may improve the deleterious evolution.

Stellungnahme zum Thema ACE-Hemmer/Angiotensin Rezeptor-Blocker und SARS-CoV2